Syringe in one hand and Bible in the other. God is at the center as Celicia Rwankore studies medicine at Uganda Christian University (UCU). Rwankore, who is in her penultimate year (fourth year) as a student of a Bachelor of Medicine, says titles such as a doctor add weight to the gospel one preaches.

“You cannot be doing sports and say you are working; that is playing,” President Yoweri Museveni remarked during his speech that ended in 2022 in regards to sports in Uganda.

The career journey of Uganda Christian University (UCU) School of Dentistry student Peter Kabuye started out with bumps. In 2018, Kabuye was staring at a bleak future after missing out on studying dentistry at Makerere University, which he thought was the only institution with the program. 

Tendo Jethro Ddungu long dreamed of being a doctor. However, it was not until he got to Senior Four that he shared his desires with his father, a specialist in public health. Upon receiving the news of his son’s career passion, Dr. Peter Ddungu did not think twice. He straightaway told his son to choose another career. Dr. Peter’s stand shocked his son, who had imagined his father, whom he looked up to, would be proud of him for choosing to follow in his footsteps.

With the online transition of all postgraduate programs, it has become nearly impossible for lecturers and students to meet in person. On January 20, the Department of Computing and Technology under the Faculty of Engineering organized a meet and greet session for the students and lecturers at the university.

One day, they decided to imitate what they had seen the older boys doing. “We didn’t know the basics of the game.” The tackles were kicks. You would jump, kick your friend, and make sure they fell. “We never played the game again because everyone was in pain after,” Wanyama narrated.