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Nine years ago, Beles Bubu Africa began in a single room inside a refugee community. There were no studios or big cameras, just a determination to tell stories that were missing from mainstream narratives.
Pamela was graceful and vibrant. Her warmth and charm quietly won the
admiration of many students, though no one openly said so. She carried herself
with simplicity, yet she was firm and disciplined in her work. After teaching us for a year, she moved on, and we no longer had her in class.
UCU lost three promising young women to separate road accidents. The deceased include Laurine Murungi and Britney Sarah Treasure who perished in an accident along Bweyogerere. Eye witnesses say a taxi that was trying to overtake lost control and knocked a boda which the two girls were on. Both the girls and the boda rider perished. A third student, Maria Angella Namirembe, was involved in an accident near Angels Nest Primary School
Six African universities, including Uganda Christian University (UCU) and Makerere University, are part of a consortium to implement a sh3.3 billion (about € 799,974) project focused on building capacity for reporting migration and mobility across borders in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Coming from a humble background with a peasant father, Patience Akampurira had no hope of joining a university after completing A’ level in 1998. It was like a dream and yet an answered prayer when her father, a very committed Christian and a canon in the Church of Uganda heard about Uganda Christian University (UCU) and how it offered other programs apart from theology. Her father quickly sent for the application forms, and she was offered an opportunity to study for a Bachelor of Arts concurrent with a Diploma in Education (BAED).
Little did I know that my career path was being precast at the time with the various films that I grew to appreciate over the course of my school years and later adult life.
We have all failed in life at some point, but we have not been worthless. We are still alive and moving forward with greatness in one area or another. To some, failure came as a learning experience, and they got over it with more courage and focus. Other people never believed they could try again, and all their hope was shattered. That is also part of life. Life has never been straight.
Jean Chamberlain Froese
Ordinarily, when a student studies Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics at A’level in Uganda, chances are they will opt to pursue a course in medicine at university. That was not the case with Emmanuel Okia. He says even before he completed A’level, he knew his heart was elsewhere.
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