News reaching our news desk shows that Uganda Christian University (UCU) home to the most holy university students in Uganda is likely to expel the the students guild president Mr. Nyikirize Pius from the institution for allegedly insulting the vice chancellor Rev. Dr.Ssenyonyi.
Yesterday the guild president in company of four of his cabinet ministers and Secretary general were summoned to the university disciplinary council to give reasons for students defiance at the closure of last semester,for the first time in 19 years UCU students held a demonstration over what they cited as ‘unfair adjustments’ in fees.
The angry students gathered at Agape square at the university demanding answers from the university administration over why students activity fee had been increased from shs 63000 to shs 70000.
After failing to capture the attention of the deputy vice chancellor in charge of Academic affairs,Dr.Benon Musinguzi,the group moved to the students boardroom hoping to have the matter resolved.
It was there that the students met Dr.Musinguzi and argued that the university council had made the resolution without consulting the students guild.The university council which sat on November 26th,2015 resolved that the other fees would be increased from the previous academic years from shs 667000 to shs 893,000 for the academic year 2016/2017.
Other fees include development fee(shs 430,000), medical fee(shs 70,000), students activity fee(shs 70,000), examination fee(shs 80,000), computer fee(shs 100,000), book/library fee(shs 90,000), and registration fee (shs 53,000).
On failing to agree with Dr.Musinguzi on how the resolution was made,the students demanded to meet the university vice chancellor Rev Dr. John Senyonyi.
The vice chancellor was forced to abandon an ongoing council meeting to address the students who kept heckling him,over the matter.Some students who declined to be named for fear of expulsion argued that they were unsatisfied with what was going on.He maintained that the increment in other fees shall affect only those students whose first year of admission begins in may 2016 semister implying that those students who are continuing shall not pay the increment
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