Sometime in 2016, while I was undertaking a master’s degree in Journalism and Communication at Makerere University, Dr ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University and the academic world are mourning the late Dr Brian Semujju. At a ...

A sixth-year student at Makerere University has been sentenced to two months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of offensive communication targeting President Yoweri Museveni and Speaker of ...

Makerere student Elson Tumwine was jailed for two months after pleading guilty to offensive communication over a TikTok video ...

While delivering the sentence, the magistrate noted that Tumwine had not wasted the court's time and had asked for ...

There is a Ugandan virologist – a retired professor – who once told me a memorable story that captures a core part of the ...

The time has come for a deeper rethink. The conversation that we should have has to prioritise one major issue: How can the ...

Uganda’s public universities face a funding crisis, leaving medical students undertrained and the country’s healthcare future ...

Makerere University has been criticised for delaying to release graduands’ academic transcripts. Recently, however, the university introduced a system whereby candidates apply to graduate ...

The university itself is being run by a vice chancellor who happens to be a PhD from Makerere. Indeed, this tells us that Makerere University has attempted to build for the future.

A fire has gutted an iconic building at Uganda's Makerere University, which is a prominent landmark in the capital. Known as the "Ivory Tower", an overnight blaze has left its distinctive white ...

Opinion - SHORTLY after Prof Venansius Baryamureeba had been announced the next vice-chancellor of Makerere University last October, I got the feeling he was promising too much. This included ...