What had seemingly died out is now on rampant increase at the Nakawa based MUBS. Mercenaries are back and in full swing. An issue that was long gone or maybe a top secret apparently is a secret no more. In the season of coursework tests, many students that are having retakes are paying people to do for them the accumulated retakes.
Campusbee learnt that ‘mercenaries’ who are paid up to sit for papers by other students are back and they are literally all over the campus. Majority of these are actually students who are paid by fellow friends, those that await graduation and have no jobs to keep them off campus, fake to the invigilator about having a retake but in actual sense don’t have a retake.
A one Stella (more details withheld on grounds of anonymity) a finalist intimated to Campusbee that these mercenaries are not all that bright but they have what it takes to help you pass a paper either by writing what they know or actually copying just to deliver the agreed ‘package’ and although they charge a lot of money, they somehow help you with eluding another retake.
These ‘mercenaries’ charge around 50-200k depending on the course unit and the common course units that attract the services of these ‘mercenaries’ are Quantitative Methods, Accounting 1&2, Ugandan Economics, Micro Economics, Business Math and Business Statistics.
However, the finals are not messed with as the university is seemingly tighter on these particular exams. Talking to Campusbee on a brief lunch break, The OC MUBS, Kyasiimire Collins reliably informed about not getting any of these so called ‘mercenaries’ and hinted that its illegal and once caught, it’s treated as a malpractice.
Edward who graduates next year in January confesses to have also once hired a ‘mercenary’ to handle close to four retakes and recounts that they do it very well. They have no business with you and getting them to offer their services is pretty hard.
Others are specifically paid to do that and are across the top universities under the code name ‘team No Retake’.
In a brief comment from the PRO MUBS, Mr Odoki Simon Peter, the university is aware of the vice but believed it had faded out long time ago. However, with an alert, they vow to set out and look out for such.
