Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson identifies the deceased as 27-year-old James Eyangu, the former president of Makerere College of Veterinary Medicine. He graduated on Wednesday in Biomedical Laboratory Technology.
According to health experts, at least five percent of the persons that have moderate to severe forms of the disease end up in need of a ventilator because they cannot breathe since their lungs are immersed in the fluid.
This is after the Eng. Dr. Steven Kagoda-led special council committee on Legal, Rules and Privileges resolved on Thursday that the matter is subjudice due to a pending court case about the same.
Zaake is accused of insulting Nawangwe when he appeared before the Committee on Education and Sports on Wednesday during the inquiry into the Makerere University strike.
The Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs Adolf Mwesige has said the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) is withdrawing from Makerere University systematically.
“To all members of the fourth estate, this is not just an individual. It is about the dreams we share, the aspirations we have and the responsibilities we have before the citizens of Uganda to serve them in a free, protected and safe environment. Let no journalist cover a police related activity,” Kazibwe asks journalists.
There has been unrest at Kyambogo University for the past two days leading to running battles between Police, Local Defense Unit (LDU) and students pushing for the reinstatement of their guild president, Jonathan Tundulu. It all started the Guild Representative Council (GRC) impeached Tundulu citing lack of leadership skills and disrespectful character.
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, says the College of Health Sciences has complained to him that their medical students are being placement in government facilities.
The directive by the IGP was prompted by a petition by Elias Nuwagaba, a staff whose dismissal from the university was set aside by the university Staff Appeals Tribunal early this year.
Waludyaba was appearing before Grade One Magistrate Beatrice Khainza at City Hall Court on Friday. He is one of the state witnesses brought to testify in a trial of five suspected gold scammers.
Iteu, who is a Senior Registrar in the ICT unit of the Academic Registrar at Makerere University was declared winner with 182 votes against Dr Euzobia Baine Mugisha’s 82. This is out of the overall 267 ballots cast.
