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To understand how today’s youth perceive the legacy of these martyrs, we spoke to some Uganda Christian University (UCU) students. Their reflections suggest that the fire of 1886 has not gone out, it has simply changed form.
As a journalist, I am not outside this reflection. Our profession is meant to speak uncomfortable truths. But we do not always succeed. The pressures are real from economic to political and sometimes to personal fears.
The event was held to welcome the first-year students to the School of Law and UCU community at large and to familiarise them with multiple systems within the university, such as UCU’s digital library and the Alpha student portal. It was organised as a joint effort between the School of Law and the UCU Law Society.
The Rt. Rev. Onesimus Asiimwe, the newly consecrated Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of North Kigezi, grew up in a home where it was mandatory to pray. In fact, he used to even take readings in church. However, at some point in his life, Asiimwe took to drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes so much so that many people lost hope in him.
After hearing horrendous stories and experiences of friends who had faced sexual harassment, in February 2022, Brian Muhumuza birthed an organisation that he hoped would make lives of individuals like them better. In Share Joy International, a non-governmental organization, Muhumuza, the organization’s Executive Director, believed he had a tool to help confront such social injustices.
Government sponsorship is a big blessing in the family for many parents in Uganda because of the associated benefits, but it was different for Shamirah Kitimbo.
Uganda Christian University (UCU) has come out of the Covid pandemic and lockdown with its first School of Medicine (SoM) graduates, a new building on the Mukono campus and recognition of faculty elevated to high-level leadership positions, among others.
This is a month when our children will sit for end-of-term exams in primary and secondary schools. This is also happening in some higher learning institutions that are doing their end-of-semester examinations this month.
In September 2017, instead of Okia applying for a medical course, he instead applied for the law and excelled well in his pre-entry; little of his classmates knew his secret that he had a science background.
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