President Yoweri Museveni, who doubles as the Chairperson of National Resistance Movement (NRM), has summoned NRM Parliamentary Caucus for an urgent meeting to discuss the ongoing strike at Makerere University.
The protests that commenced on Tuesday last week were spearheaded by Mollie Siperia, the Guild Representative Councilor for School of psychology and one Frank Bwambale who were later nabbed and suspended by the university vice chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that Siperia who was brutally assaulted is currently hospitalized at unknown medical facility in Kampala.
The strikes are arising from 15 percent cumulative tuition increment, a policy that was passed and will go for five years. The cumulative tuition policy is only applicable to new students.
Police and other security agencies have been engaging into running battles with students to curb chaos that has always ensued for the past seven days.
On Thursday last week, Police other security organs broke into students halls of residence such as Mary Stuart and others in the latest reign of terror at the university where even disabled students were battered by the police and the army officers.
And yesterday, the dialogue that was meant to resolve the impasse between the Makerere University administration and guild leadership, turned rowdy and ended prematurely as students threatened to beat up members of University central admin including the acting Vice Chancellor Umar Kakumba.
The University central administration maintained, the 15 per cent tuition increment policy and revoked suspension of two students, Mollie Spellia and Frank Bwambale however the two will face Makerere university disciplinary committee presided over by grade one magistrate.
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