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Students need academic knowledge, but they also need experience. They need theory, but they should know how to use it. They need qualifications, but they also need to learn the ability to adapt.
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.
Stalking is ‘no joke’ as famous boxing champion Moses Golola puts it. It usually comes crawling with retributory consequences such as eventual death, an acid spill or a house breaking. Who knows?
The very cradle of journalism, bustling with the cacophony of breaking news and the relentless pursuit of truth, seems to be churning out a generation of journalists with hearts set on paths less trodden.
Over the course of three transformative months, I had the privilege of traversing various departments, including control room operation, program development, news broadcasting, camera handling, as well as participation in enriching seminars and workshops.
As Uganda Christian University (UCU) reopens for its trinity semester, news of closure of the route through Karuma brings interesting observations to note.
It is the Trinity semester at Uganda Christian University (UCU), different from the ones before, coming right at the peak of the year. It is the perfect moment to check in on the goals we set at the beginning of the year.
Procrastination is the tendency to unnecessarily postpone an activity that one ought to carry out.
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