MUK female students are not prostitutes
Oct 01, 2006
Many people have talked and written ill of female students of Makerere University (MUK), calling all of us prostitutes, sluts, idiots, cheap and other names. What is the cause of this negative image?
Many people have talked and written ill of female students of Makerere University (MUK), calling all of us prostitutes, sluts, idiots, cheap and other names. What is the cause of this negative image?
I have realised that many women who speak good English, but are not students of Makerere University have been posing as such. Unfortunately, no one has taken interest in asking those women to provide their university identity cards. Most of those ‘MUK students’ found in wrong places and engaged in bad behaviour come from other institutions. Some people call themselves MUK students to feel good. When such women have sexual relationships with so-called rich men for material gain they tarnish the good name of MUK students.
I appeal to all those who have interacted with such women to always make effort to prove their identities. When picking prostitutes from the city streets at night please remember that not everybody who claims to be a student of Makerere University is telling the truth. Being fluent in English and looking beautiful and smart does not make one a student of MUK.
I do not rule out the possibility that there are people in MUK who engage in immoral behaviour, but people must understand that MUK, like any other society, has good and bad people. If there are a few students who engage in sexual relationships in exchange for money, it does not mean that we are all prostitutes because we even have virgins at the university.
I was surprised to read an article on the guest writers’ page last week opposing state minister Kagimu Kiwanuka’s proposal that the government provides financial boom and other incentives for MUK female students. We have students at MUK who come from very humble backgrounds and need that money to help them go through their studies.
The posh cars that park at halls of residence do not mean that people come to pick lovers. Some are parents coming to check on their children and others come for other good reasons. Interestingly, some of the men who drive such cars are not necessarily rich; they borrow the cars to show off and confuse their potential prey. But even if some had the money, men these days don’t give money to their girlfriends. Give us a break, we are not prostitutes!
The writer is a student of Makerere University
I have realised that many women who speak good English, but are not students of Makerere University have been posing as such. Unfortunately, no one has taken interest in asking those women to provide their university identity cards. Most of those ‘MUK students’ found in wrong places and engaged in bad behaviour come from other institutions. Some people call themselves MUK students to feel good. When such women have sexual relationships with so-called rich men for material gain they tarnish the good name of MUK students.
I appeal to all those who have interacted with such women to always make effort to prove their identities. When picking prostitutes from the city streets at night please remember that not everybody who claims to be a student of Makerere University is telling the truth. Being fluent in English and looking beautiful and smart does not make one a student of MUK.
I do not rule out the possibility that there are people in MUK who engage in immoral behaviour, but people must understand that MUK, like any other society, has good and bad people. If there are a few students who engage in sexual relationships in exchange for money, it does not mean that we are all prostitutes because we even have virgins at the university.
I was surprised to read an article on the guest writers’ page last week opposing state minister Kagimu Kiwanuka’s proposal that the government provides financial boom and other incentives for MUK female students. We have students at MUK who come from very humble backgrounds and need that money to help them go through their studies.
The posh cars that park at halls of residence do not mean that people come to pick lovers. Some are parents coming to check on their children and others come for other good reasons. Interestingly, some of the men who drive such cars are not necessarily rich; they borrow the cars to show off and confuse their potential prey. But even if some had the money, men these days don’t give money to their girlfriends. Give us a break, we are not prostitutes!
The writer is a student of Makerere University