Security forces quell students' strike at Makerere
A combined force of police and military police was on Wednesday deployed at Makerere University to quash a students’ strike. The students were showing solidarity with their lecturers who have been on a strike for three weeks. Among other demands, the lecturers want the re-instatement of some of the leaders of academic staff associations who they say were illegally suspended by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe.
A police officer extinguishes fire that was ignited by striking Makerere University students. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa
A police officer arrests a student who was suspected of participating in the strike at Makerere University. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa
The subdued student pleads with the police officer at the Freedom Square. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa
After realising that he was likely to end up in police custody, the student escapes from the police officer and speeds off to his hall of residence. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa
