More chaos at Makerere, Kenya sends protest note to Uganda

Makerere

Students at Makerere University are once again engaged in running battles with the police after management denied them access to the bodies of their two colleagues who were killed by a private security guard on Monday.

The parents of the deceased arrived today morning, and after meeting with the University management, they agreed take the bodies to Kenya. This enraged students who had demanded that a special service be held in their honor.

The students sealed off the main building where the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Venacious Baryamureeba and his deputies are housed prompting the police to use tear-gas and live bullets to disperse them.

They later relocated to Kikoni, where they are reported to be engaged in more fighting with police. The police have sealed off all the roads leading to the University.

Meanwhile, the Kenyan government has sent a protest note to Uganda over the killing of two Kenyan students.

Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetang’ula said the preliminary reports showed that the killings were “reckless criminal acts” and that the culprit had been apprehended.

“If available evidence will point to any contrary conclusions then we’ll deal with it appropriately,” he said.

The Minister said he had asked the Kenya High Commissioner in Uganda, Mr Jeffrey Okanga to monitor the situation at the university, following unconfirmed reports that all Kenyan students could be at risk in Uganda.

He said the 40,000 Kenyan students studying in Uganda had been granted State protection to keep them off any harm.

“We also appeal to our students to exercise diligence and avoid unnecessary confrontation,” said Mr Wetang’ula.

Brian Amuoga, a first year Bachelor of Law student, and Ignatius Nyongesa, a third year Commerce student, were killed after a scuffle between supporters of two rival guild presidential candidates at God Is Able Hostel in Kikoni, a suburb of Makerere.

A third student, Amon Mugezi, who is Ugandan, was in a critical condition with injuries in the neck. He is fighting for his life at Mulago Hospital.