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Members of the Uganda Christian University (UCU) Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme are set to benefit from an interest rate of 12.33% on their savings towards retirement for the financial year ending December 31, 2025. This was announced during the annual general meeting held on June 11, 2026.

In 2019, Nsehemererirwe Abel, a student in his third year of his second degree in Industrial Fine Art and Design at Uganda Christian University (UCU), was approached by his fellow classmates to give them a ride to a party at Sezibwa Falls in Mukono District.

The Uganda Christian University’s School of Journalism, Media, and Communication (JMC) is preparing to offer short courses in journalism and communication beginning on March 15th, 2023.

The church relations department at Uganda Christian University (UCU) has embarked on training the Anglican clergy in Uganda with contemporary skills to be able to evangelize better in the ever-changing world.

All was well for Bridget Kiwala’s family until their father, Grace Mugweri, was involved in an accident, which affected his backbone. Mugweri is a farmer. “My father always paid my full tuition and my accommodation fees at a hall of residence in the university,” said Kiwala, a student of Bachelor of Procurement and Logistics Management. However, she said all this has since changed.

However, one may wonder how applicable this is to a Ugandan student, who undergoes levels of education as per the education system, which sum up to a minimum of 19 years of education, but at the end of it all, there are more numbers of desperate job seekers resulting in unemployment.

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 presented a significant challenge for churches in Uganda. With restrictions on public gatherings as a mechanism to curb the spread of the coranavirus, many churches had to adapt quickly in order to continue providing spiritual support and guidance to their members.