A total of 187 Rwandan students studying at Kampala University (KU) are set to miss the institution’s 16th graduation ceremony scheduled for March 7.
Addressing journalists at the university main campus in Gaba, Kampala, on Tuesday, KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Badru Dungu Kateregga said most students have already communicated to his office that they will not attend the graduation ceremony due to the ongoing closure of the border with Uganda by Rwanda.
“Most students who had gone back to Rwanda will not attend the graduation because they have already communicated to the university management. We pray for them that as the graduation approaches, the situation is calm” Prof Kateregga said.
He, however, said that a student can graduate in absentia, asserting that their certificates will be ready provided they fulfilled all the academic requirements.
The ceremony will see 3,352 students (60.1% male) and (39.8% female) awarded certificates, diplomas and degrees in various programmes.
Of these, 1,820 are Ugandans and 1,532 are from Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia and Liberia.
He said that the graduands have been studying at all the six campuses of the university.
The graduands are from the faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Industrial Art and Design, Natural Science and School of postgraduate students.
Queen of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda will be the guest of honour and Prof George Mondo Kagonyera will preside over the graduation ceremony.
Additional reporting: PML Daily
