Students at Nkumba University may have to wait a little longer before landing their hands on those crisp notes after lawyers of the Entebbe-based university filed an appeal against the Shs 600M court ruling.
Nkumba’s lawyers from Bwengye & Co. Advocates have notified Court that “being dissatisfied with the decision of Hon. Lady Justice Elizabeth Nahamya given on October 17, 2016,” Nkumba intends to appeal against the entire ruling.
Two weeks back, Nkumba students attempted to stage another strike following rumours that the university had refused to honour Court’s ruling of October 17.
On November 17, 2014, Nkumba University was engulfed in a three-day student riot that resulted in massive destruction of university property. The students were protesting against an increment in fees payable for tuition, missed papers, retakes and late registration. This increment, the aggrieved students protested, was unwelcome.
The university was eventually closed by management so as to avert further damage and stop the student riot that was steadily spiraling out of control. On December 10, 2014, an advert for reopening the university that run in local dailies set a fee of Shs 150,000 as penalty for costs of repairs and replacement of vandalized property, before any student could be re-admitted, besides having to pay another Shs 50,000 for a commitment form pledging never to engage in such conduct again. Each student was required to pay this fee.
It is the above arbitrary conditions that resulted in the students seeking redress from the then Nakawa High Court.
