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As Uganda Christian University (UCU) gears up for the highly blistering five-day Association of Ugandan University Sports (AUUS) games tournament, preparations continue in terms of sport facility renovations and redevelopment. 

UCU lost three promising young women to separate road accidents. The deceased include Laurine Murungi and Britney Sarah Treasure who perished in an accident along Bweyogerere. Eye witnesses say a taxi that was trying to overtake lost control and knocked a boda which the two girls were on. Both the girls and the boda rider perished. A third student, Maria Angella Namirembe, was involved in an accident near Angels Nest Primary School

Behind the quiet walls of student hostels and university corridors, a silent reproductive health crisis is brewing. What is meant to be an emergency solution,  the morning-after pill, is increasingly being misused as a routine contraceptive among university students.

Some of my favorite moments are also firsts, like winning my first championship. One title especially dear to me was being named MVP at the Zone 5 Championship (covering Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa) at just 17—the youngest to ever win it. Also my first championship with the UCU Lady Canons, and it felt like fulfilling a promise I had made to Jason Mehl, who was then the Head of Sports at UCU.

Wessali encouraged students to begin putting their skills to use as early as possible instead of waiting to feel ‘ready’.

UCU has been recognised as the Strategic Partner of the Year by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for its outstanding contribution to the country’s fiscal development. The university received the award during URA’s annual Taxpayers Appreciation Ceremony held at the authority’s headquarters in Nakawa.

Year Two students won the Uganda Christian University School of Law Sports Gala after a strong run across football and other track events during the two-day competition held on November 14 and 15 at the main campus in Mukono.

UCU delegation touched down in Brasília on the night of 12 November after a long flight from Entebbe. Both the men’s and women’s teams arrived safely and settled into the athletes’ village ahead of Thursday’s official opening. Their arrival followed weeks of preparation that started immediately after they qualified at the continental championships.

“You rig an election and celebrate… I will not be rigged, that I swear,
because I already know about it!!”

Elections are the cornerstone of representation. Yet, many young people have grown disillusioned, believing their single vote makes no difference.