Former Makerere University researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi has come out to celebrate the retirement of Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, who has been serving as the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) Director.
Prof. Mamdani, who also doubles as the KIU Chancellor connived with the university administration to throw Nyanzi out of office, according to a long post shared by the researcher.
Campus Bee understands that Makerere University is already advertising Mamdani’s job following his retirement.
“Once upon a time, a certain aging brown director believed that he would always hold all the keys of a big black empire. He held onto those keys with all his might and all his cunning. He forgot that time never stands still. He forgot that evening leads to night. He forgot that even he could never postpone retirement forever.” Nyanzi ranted on Tuesday through her Facebook page.
“He forgot that university tenure comes and goes. He forgot that he was not like his friend the brutal dictator with a gun who was endlessly clinging onto power over the whole country in which the aging brown director was living.” Nyanzi’s long post reads further.
Nyanzi further revealed her plans to become MISR’s Director one day as she told her followers to watch the space.
“And then one day, after many many many years rolled by, the little black woman with dreadlocks read that Makerere Institute of Social Research was looking for a new director! She laughed loudly with glee. The aging brown director no longer held the bunch of the keys of the empire. Age was such an equalizer. The little black woman with dreadlocks let her hair loose and danced with gratitude to her ancestors.” Nyanzi posted.
“One day, I will be the director of Makerere Institute of Social Research. Just watch this space…” She revealed.
A few years back, Nyanzi declared war on Mamdani after she was forcefully removed from her office at Makerere University. The controversial researcher undressed, took the matter to court but Mamdani somehow defeated her with the support of the university administration.
There was a time when court ruled that she should be reinstated and all her salary arrears paid, but she never got her job back. Sources in Makerere suggest that the researcher wasn’t on the same page with the institution’s Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, which would make her stay at Makerere more difficult.
