Museveni orders closure of Makerere University

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Rais Museveni aamuru kufungwa kwa muda Chuo Kikuu cha Makerere baada ya kuwepo mgomo unaowajumuisha Wahadhiri na Wanafunzi.

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The University is currently embroiled with lecturers’ and students’ strikes

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for closure of Makerere University currently embroiled with lecturers’ and students’ strikes since last week.

The Presidential directive issued on Tuesday evening was taken “to guarantee the safety of persons and property”.

“Pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and Section 26(2) of the Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001 as amended, decided to close Makerere University with immediate effect, until further notice, in order to guarantee safety of persons and property” the directive signed by the President states.

This comes after last ditch attempts by the University Council to end the lecturers’ strike on Tuesday by offering to pay lecturers’ incentive allowances for one month immediately following a crisis meeting.

Students joined the strike on Tuesday after lecturers under their umbrella body Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) on Monday resolved to continue their strike until sh32b in allowance arrears over eight months is paid.

During the general assembly of lecturers at the School of Education, they unanimously endorsed the decision to continue the strike in a move they said would solve Makerere’s financial problems once and for all.

A car damaged during the students’ strike on Tuesday. Photo by Miriam Namutebi

One of the empty lecture rooms as the university as the lecturers’ strike continues. Photo by Ronnie Kijjambu

Dr. Charles Wana-Etyem, the University Council chairperson appealed to all lectures to observe and go by the resolutions made on Friday during the council’s emergency meeting since the council acknowledged and was committed to pay the arrears but all was in vain.

The students demanded to meet with President Museveni instead of the University Council.

The university vice-chancellor Prof. Ddumba Ssentamu last week urged lecturers to resume teaching saying strategies had be laid out to find a solution in a phased approach.

Source: Nigeria Today

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Duh it gwtting worse for african education
 
Mmmh very sorry to East aftica Education, is happening to Uganda, Rwanda for introducing loan to universities likewise Tanzania for universities with Loan board, aaah why this? Nooo we are killing ourself,
 

Rais Museveni aamuru kufungwa kwa muda Chuo Kikuu cha Makerere baada ya kuwepo mgomo unaowajumuisha Wahadhiri na Wanafunzi.

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The University is currently embroiled with lecturers’ and students’ strikes

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for closure of Makerere University currently embroiled with lecturers’ and students’ strikes since last week.

The Presidential directive issued on Tuesday evening was taken “to guarantee the safety of persons and property”.

“Pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and Section 26(2) of the Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001 as amended, decided to close Makerere University with immediate effect, until further notice, in order to guarantee safety of persons and property” the directive signed by the President states.

This comes after last ditch attempts by the University Council to end the lecturers’ strike on Tuesday by offering to pay lecturers’ incentive allowances for one month immediately following a crisis meeting.

Students joined the strike on Tuesday after lecturers under their umbrella body Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) on Monday resolved to continue their strike until sh32b in allowance arrears over eight months is paid.

During the general assembly of lecturers at the School of Education, they unanimously endorsed the decision to continue the strike in a move they said would solve Makerere’s financial problems once and for all.

A car damaged during the students’ strike on Tuesday. Photo by Miriam Namutebi

One of the empty lecture rooms as the university as the lecturers’ strike continues. Photo by Ronnie Kijjambu

Dr. Charles Wana-Etyem, the University Council chairperson appealed to all lectures to observe and go by the resolutions made on Friday during the council’s emergency meeting since the council acknowledged and was committed to pay the arrears but all was in vain.

The students demanded to meet with President Museveni instead of the University Council.

The university vice-chancellor Prof. Ddumba Ssentamu last week urged lecturers to resume teaching saying strategies had be laid out to find a solution in a phased approach.

Source: Nigeria Today
 
Makerere Students Sue President Museveni, University

Nov 17, 2016

A group of six students from the Makerere Law School have rushed to Kampala High Court seeking orders to have the university immediately re-opened.

The students are Sam Ssekyewa, Moses Mushime, Francis Kibombo, Cissy Nabatanzi, Emmanuel Kanyesigye and John Robert Turyakira.

The students contend that President Yoweri Museveni, who is referred to in the compliant as “a visitor” overstepped his legal mandate when he ordered the closure of the University yet such powers are vested in to the University Council.

While closing the country’s largest education institution on November 1st, President Museveni invoked Section 26(2) of the Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act (2001).

The students hold in their petition that since the reopening date of the university is not known, their right to education and careers are put at stake.

The leader of the applicants Sam Ssekyewa says they have chosen to challenge the president’s directive in court in order to “enforce their abused rights and to permanently bar the visitor (President) from usurping the powers of the University Council.”

Among other, the students want court to quash the decision of university closure and the same time bar the president from repeating the same action.

The students are seeking an Order of Mandamus compelling the university council to make statutes and regulations streamlining the modalities of closing and re opening in the public interest.

“The grounds for this application are that this decision was unlawfully reached and inconsistence with the principles of fundamental fairness, proportionality and other constitutionally prescribed norms and standards,” the petition reads in part.

The applicants proceeded to call on court to compel the respondents to pay for the costs of this matter.

The court has not yet fixed a hearing date for this case which has been filed against the “visitor of Makerere University,” Attorney General and the University itself.
 
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