We Shall Not Accept VC That Doesn’t Address Students’ Concerns- Mak Guild Council

While addressing a press conference today at Makerere guild offices, the guild council noted that they will not simply accept any Vice Chancellor voted by the search committee set for tomorrow Thursday 29^th June. Jotham Yamu Burobuto the University’s Guild speaker revealed that the council wrote to the committee requesting for an interaction with the aspiring vice chancellors but was denied a chance. According to Burobuto, the search committee stopped their request saying that it could create tension in the search process.

Burobuto, therefore, revealed that the council will sit down the voted Vice Chancellor and will only accept a VC whose main interests are in favor of the students’ academic welfare and the university at large. “If we see that the elected VC cannot handle well the students’ concerns, we shall tell the country what next. If we find out that he is able, we shall continue to work with him to solve our problems,” Burobuto noted.

The guild speaker on that point noted that there was need for aspiring candidates to speak with the student representatives individually because the main issues concerning students such as delayed graduation lists, internship money, were not talked about in the previous public presentation.

Due to failure of addressing the students concerns in 20 minutes given by each candidate, Nsamba Ahmed the GRC School of liberal and performing arts thinks that the public presentation was less useful to Makerere students. “The candidates did not address issues concerning student welfare such as halls of residence, students with disabilities, therefore we as students did not gain much from the presentation” Nsamba revealed.

Through its speaker, the 83^rd guild council is warning the search committee to elect a vice chancellor whose main interests are in line with students welfare other than personal gains, “They must understand that the circumstances of the ivory tower in the next four years will be incumbent upon the decision that they will take tomorrow, especially to welfare and academic well-being of students and this institution. So they must take that duty with at most seriousness it deserves and take their vote or choice basing on greater goals other than perhaps individualistic interests.”  The guild speaker warned.