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When Samantha Mwesigye took over power and became the 27th Guild President of the Uganda Christian University (UCU) Guild Government, she laid out a four-point manifesto targeting accountability, student life, tuition and security. 

Missing an exam is one of the most unsettling experiences a student can face. For me, it wasn’t just a test; it was the final step in a journey I had planned meticulously like any other student would. I had always set educational goals for myself, worked hard to achieve them on time, and was confident as I began my final semester of Uganda Christian University’s Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communication programme.

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.

Bonny Okada, a 36-year-old alumnus of Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mbale College and a sign language teaching assistant at Uganda Martyrs University, lost his hearing when he was 15 years old in 2002 due to a quinine overdose.

While social media is mostly seen as a place for entertainment by most, some view it as a source of income, so they go there not only to entertain themselves or to get entertained but also to make money out of it.

Through a three-month group exhibition at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in the Hamu Mukasa library, part of the Buganda Kingdom’s past history, as described in the two books written by Hamu Mukasa, Simuda Nyuma:ebiro by a Muteesa (1938) and Simuda Nyuma:ebiro by a Mwanga (1942), was displayed through art. This comes under the subject “Beyond Memories.”