In the late Chinua Achebe’s Nolonger At Ease, the deceased Nigerian Nobel literature award winner portrayed the disgust that the people of Umoufia had when their prize son Obi Okonkwo that had studied from England spoke “is and was” English to them. In their minds, they had anticipated the kind of English they would not comprehend.
If they had come across the English a first year law student wrote to the deputy principal at the School of Law in Makerere, they would have celebrated their money’s worth.
Still unidentified by press time, a first year law student at Makerere University had his Introducing Law coursework paper rejected by his lecturers for submitting it after the scheduled time. Consequently, they asked him to write to the deputy principal explaining why he had delayed and seeking redress. Did he disappoint? Hell no!
“I am a first year student of law admitted to pursue a Bachelors of Law in the academic year 2018/2019 cordially imploring your reputable bureaux of integrity for the above captioned,” read the introduction of the letter.
The student who claimed he had gone upcountry to attend his/her uncle’s funeral, wrote the type of English that Ugandans had otherwise reserved for Democratic Party vice president and EALA MP Fred Mukasa Mbidde. Our snoops believe that the letter was leaked by someone in the deputy principal’s office because they felt they should not be exposed to such vocabulary alone.
We are currently working around the clock to identify the said student and reveal them to readers.
The School of Law at Makerere designates a course work week where all years either sit or hand in coursework assignments and it was in the week of 15th November to 19th. The student supposedly missed on the day when the first year colleagues were handing in Introducing Law.
We are yet to also see the Principal’s response.
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