Nkumba University Council has this morning halted any activities related to the impeachment of the Guild President, Byron Luswata populary known as Expedito. The University Secretary, Francis Kasekende, says the impeachment minutes fronted by the acting Guild Speaker are in total breach of the Guild Constitution.
Luswata fell out with fellow students in November last year when they accused him of alleged arrogance, corruption, greed and his ego. Led by Wilberforce Otim, the students also accused Luswata of embezzling 20 million UGX meant for the Guild and failure to settle grievances amonsg students.
The students attempts to hold a Guild parliamentary session to impeach the guild president were blocked by security and University management on grounds, that the accused hadn’t been given a fair hearing. As a result, the University Council sitting resolved on November 7th 2019 that the guild president be served with summons to appear before the student’s Parliament in accordance with the guild constitution.
Council also resolved that the President prepares written defense and submit it to the guild parliament after five days and directed the Guild Parliament to respect the Guild Constitution. Afterwards, the Guild speaker impeached the guild president on the same date and presided over the swearing in of his Vice Guild President, Joyce Mary as functional Guild President.
The Nkumba University Guild Constitution specifies that for a Guild President’s impeachment to be successful, the students’ constituency must vote the guild president out of office. This means that the university must have organised a fresh general election for a new guild president, in case one is impeached two months before his or her occupancy ends.
