Makerere, we badly need power at the main library
EDITOR—Umeme disconnected power from Makerere University Main Library on April 24 for non-payment. Students are very worried because the library can only be accessed for a few hours and yet exams start on May 11.
EDITOR—Umeme disconnected power from Makerere University Main Library on April 24 for non-payment. Students are very worried because the library can only be accessed for a few hours and yet exams start on May 11.
At the beginning of this academic year, Makerere introduced a development fee of sh120,000 meant to cater for library improvement. Is this the improvement Makerere had in mind?
On top of that, every student admitted at Makerere pays a sh20,000 library fee. Now where is that money? Students should have value for what they pay every year. The library has a generator, so why can’t it be used if Makerere cannot foot Umeme bills?
Since the disconnection, student have been patient although there has been no communication from the university officials. However, when such matters of importance are ignored so blatantly, students sometimes become restive. This is because no student is willing to fail or to complete research just because the main library has been disconnected.
Makerere should understand the circumstances under which parents toil to raise university fees for their children or how other students have to raise money when they are working at the same time. Who can say the administrators are not aware of this?
Asuman Balaba
Makerere University
At the beginning of this academic year, Makerere introduced a development fee of sh120,000 meant to cater for library improvement. Is this the improvement Makerere had in mind?
On top of that, every student admitted at Makerere pays a sh20,000 library fee. Now where is that money? Students should have value for what they pay every year. The library has a generator, so why can’t it be used if Makerere cannot foot Umeme bills?
Since the disconnection, student have been patient although there has been no communication from the university officials. However, when such matters of importance are ignored so blatantly, students sometimes become restive. This is because no student is willing to fail or to complete research just because the main library has been disconnected.
Makerere should understand the circumstances under which parents toil to raise university fees for their children or how other students have to raise money when they are working at the same time. Who can say the administrators are not aware of this?
Asuman Balaba
Makerere University