MAK postpones graduation due to Museveni’s swearing-in

By Damali Mukhaye

Makerere University has postponed its 71^st graduation ceremony that was slated to take place in May because it coincides with President Museveni’s swearing-in.

This is the second time the university is postponing the ceremony.

The institution had earlier set March 16^th-19^th for the graduation, but the university senate decided to postpone it to May 10 -14^th  because some students’ exam marks were not ready.

However, in an interview with KFM, Vice-Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe says the graduation will not be held on that date because it clashes with that of the swearing-in ceremony.

He says the graduation has now been pushed to May 17th.

The University is slated to graduate over 12,000 students but Prof Nawangwe says just a few will physically attend the function due to covid-19 while others will attend virtually.

Written by Noelyn Nassuuna