My attention is drawn to a third document in a row from Makerere University Academic staff Association (MUASA) calling for industrial action. This document was served yesterday 4th/04/2020, a day before the begining of physical lectures for the newly oriented year one students Academic year 2020/21 of Makerere University.
This document is Clearly stating that there shall be no business to do with academics unless plights of the academic staff are enriched. A similar document was issued before the Vice Chancellor’s office okayed online lectures for continuing students. Surely there has been no lectures till now. The vice Chancellor while addressing a congregation at St Francis Chapel Makerere and the media (NBS TV) denied the talks of a strike by Academic staff.
Last week, Graduation dates for final year students were postponed because striking lectures were not present to avail their marks in order to clear for graduation. It’s my humble appeal to call upon all students of Makerere University to interest themselves in this matter because there is no assurance that the plights of these striking lecturers shall be enriched so soon.
The absence of an inspirational Students’s leadership is yet the biggest suffocation to the voices of students. The speaker of the 85th Government Mr Ezra Byakutangaza who doubles as the interim guild president and a member of council (Students’s representative) was thrown out of council because his tenure as a student expired since he is to be a graduand soon.
Incumbent on this, we are therefore asking the administration to clearly issue a go ahead to students electoral politics by issuing a Roadmap as soon as possible.
The administration is imposing Electronic voting(E-Votes) on the students. This is being viewed as a means to influence the election out come by the University.
We are aware that some University departments most especially finance have access to all students university portals without necessarily knowing their passwords. We therefore, quest the university to disabuse themselves of the proposal to implement the E-Vote with immediate effect.
Wounded Activist 