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Kavuma, Lukyamuzi graduate at Makerere

Submitted by Webadmin on 2 October 2019 - 2:39pm

ampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Makerere University has today concluded a 4-day graduation exercise; seeing off a total of 13,350 students with degrees and diplomas in various disciplines.

The activities for the 69th graduation ceremony that started on Tuesday, January 15, saw 56 students graduate with PhDs, 1,254 with Masters Degrees and 101 with Postgraduate Diplomas. 11,939 received undergraduate diplomas and Bachelor’s Degrees.

Makerere investigating four more staff over sexual harassment

Submitted by Webadmin on 2 October 2019 - 2:31pm
FILE PHOTO: Makerere University

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four more staff of Makerere University are being investigated for sexual harassment, according to the vice chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe.

MUK don calls for national health scheme

Submitted by Webadmin on 27 September 2019 - 5:15pm

Professor John Jean Barya has called for the formulation of a national health insurance scheme.

Constitutionalism in Africa

Submitted by Webadmin on 27 September 2019 - 4:59pm

To ensure credibility, authors restrict themselves to familiar waters, analysing with depth their subject of concern. Some of the authors adopt a broad, continental brush, taking up thematic issues that have prominence in whatever country they are concerned with.

Museveni tells law students to be honest

Submitted by Webadmin on 27 September 2019 - 4:18pm

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has urged law students to be honest and competent in order to dispense high quality justice.

News in brief

Submitted by Webadmin on 27 September 2019 - 4:14pm

Four appointed to Law Council
KAMPALA - The Law Council chairman, Justice John Wilson Tsekooko, has named the four members appointed to the lawyers’ regulatory body.

Makerere starts giving scholarships to underprivileged female law students

Submitted by Webadmin on 27 September 2019 - 4:12pm

MAKERERE University has partnered with Ms. JD International, a US-based non-profit organisation, to provide scholarships to unprivileged first-year students in the Faculty of Law.

Legal education in Uganda: the growing need for a research-based approach to teaching

Submitted by Webadmin on 27 September 2019 - 4:05pm

  • One of the key skills nurtured within higher education is the ability to read and understand complex academic studies and to make sound judgement over them.

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Judge slams lawyers over shoddy work

Submitted by Webadmin on 27 September 2019 - 3:56pm

Lydia Mugambe was making a presentation on the ‘Legal Perspectives from Parliamentary Election Petitions 2016’

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Lawyer Kiwanuka Kiryowa chats with the director of civil litigation in the Attorney General’s office Denis Bireje during symposium. Photo by Tony Rujuta

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