{"id":11910,"date":"2019-10-31T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=11910"},"modified":"2019-10-31T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:43:18","slug":"gulu-university-students-vow-to-join-makerere-students-in-tuition-strike-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/31\/gulu-university-students-vow-to-join-makerere-students-in-tuition-strike-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulu University Students Vow to Join Makerere Students in Tuition Strike Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Campus Bee:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much as Makerere University may seem to be the only institution taking the 15% tuition increment policy on a serious note, Gulu University students have voiced out their pertinent intentions to join in solidarity this Friday in a peaceful demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-31-at-12.38.39-PM-768x1024-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-31-at-12.38.39-PM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-31-at-12.38.39-PM-768x1024-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-31-at-12.38.39-PM-768x1024-315x420.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-31-at-12.38.39-PM-768x1024-630x840.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-31-at-12.38.39-PM-768x1024-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-31-at-12.38.39-PM-768x1024-681x908.jpeg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Write-up appearing on notice boards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a write up appearing on all university notice boards water marked \u201c#<strong>FeesMustFall<\/strong>\u201d and written by a concerned student from the faculty of agriculture, the students have declared their intention to hold a peaceful demonstration from Gulu University premises to the offices of the Resident District Commissioner (RDC), LC V Chairman, District Education Officer (DEO), and the Uganda Human Rights Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The letter addressed to the District Police Commander, Gulu, aims to notify the university, police and general public of the students\u2019 intentions to hold a peaceful retaliation in demonstration against the 15% tuition police to be implemented saying its unfair and inconsiderate of the government through the concerned ministries and offices seeking to enforce it\u2019s implementation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students maintain that a demonstration is everyone\u2019s right and that the security forces were in wrong when they unleashed terror on striking Makerere University students and vandalized their property in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration is set to start at 9:45 am from the main university proceeding to Gulu town. The letter requests the police to offer protection for a maximum of 70 students as mandated by the law of the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter was copied to the vice chancellor of Gulu University, RDC Gulu, Head of Security, Gulu University, Northern Uganda Media Club (NUMEC) and dated 30<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;October 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campus Bee: Much as Makerere University may seem to be the only institution taking the 15% tuition increment policy on a serious note, Gulu University students have voiced out their pertinent intentions to join in solidarity this Friday in a peaceful demonstration. 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