In Brief
Nov 06, 2007
UCU guild president axed<br>MUKONO<br>Uganda Chirstian University (UCU) Mukono has expelled Alex Waiswa, its guild president, over financial mismanagement.
UCU guild president axed
MUKONO
Uganda Chirstian University (UCU) Mukono has expelled Alex Waiswa, its guild president, over financial mismanagement. His expulsion follows Kenneth Munaawa’s, the internal affairs minister, over flouting guild council resolutions by withdrawing sh12m off the guild fund, to buy a television projector valued at sh2m. Prof. Stephen Noll, the vice-chancellor, said the move followed a recommendation by the disciplinary committee. Vincent Mugaba, the spokesperson, said in accordance with the guild constitution, the guild vice-president has taken over office.
Guard against AIDS — LC3
JINJA
The Mafubira sub-county LC3 chairman has cautioned students against HIV/AIDS describing it as the biggest destroyer of the young people. Richard Gulume urged them to concentrate on their studies and not rush for gifts and money from sugar mummies and daddies. Gulume was speaking at the launch of the St Florence Transform Students’ Club and a computer laboratory recently. The school received 10 computers worth sh15m from Rejoice Outreach International. The organisation’s founder, Stephen Wante, said they had extended the donation to five other secondary schools in the district.
Few science students
GULU
The state minister for transport, Simon Ejua, has decried the low number of science students in Gulu University who hail from West Nile. He said a branch of Gulu University would be opened in Arua as a way of encouraging people to focus more on Science subjects more than Arts. Ejua attributed the low number of students to lack of career guidance in schools.
3,000 get bursaries
JINJA
Mayor Mohammed Kezaala, has given out bursaries worth sh25m to primary schools. Over 3,000 needy pupils are registered and received the bursaries from the mayor’s charity fund. “Every child registered for the bursary is entitled to sh5,000,†Kezaala said at Uganda Railway Primary School recently.
MUKONO
Uganda Chirstian University (UCU) Mukono has expelled Alex Waiswa, its guild president, over financial mismanagement. His expulsion follows Kenneth Munaawa’s, the internal affairs minister, over flouting guild council resolutions by withdrawing sh12m off the guild fund, to buy a television projector valued at sh2m. Prof. Stephen Noll, the vice-chancellor, said the move followed a recommendation by the disciplinary committee. Vincent Mugaba, the spokesperson, said in accordance with the guild constitution, the guild vice-president has taken over office.
Guard against AIDS — LC3
JINJA
The Mafubira sub-county LC3 chairman has cautioned students against HIV/AIDS describing it as the biggest destroyer of the young people. Richard Gulume urged them to concentrate on their studies and not rush for gifts and money from sugar mummies and daddies. Gulume was speaking at the launch of the St Florence Transform Students’ Club and a computer laboratory recently. The school received 10 computers worth sh15m from Rejoice Outreach International. The organisation’s founder, Stephen Wante, said they had extended the donation to five other secondary schools in the district.
Few science students
GULU
The state minister for transport, Simon Ejua, has decried the low number of science students in Gulu University who hail from West Nile. He said a branch of Gulu University would be opened in Arua as a way of encouraging people to focus more on Science subjects more than Arts. Ejua attributed the low number of students to lack of career guidance in schools.
3,000 get bursaries
JINJA
Mayor Mohammed Kezaala, has given out bursaries worth sh25m to primary schools. Over 3,000 needy pupils are registered and received the bursaries from the mayor’s charity fund. “Every child registered for the bursary is entitled to sh5,000,†Kezaala said at Uganda Railway Primary School recently.