The long awaited day for youth-led mobilizations to protest against the rampant corruption cases involving parliamentarians has come.
Social media has been awash by the campaigns calling for collective participation by all Ugandans especially the young generation, to draw inspiration from their Kenyan counterparts.
Undoubtedly, students in tertiary institutions like universities are the best we have around when it comes to executing such plans; our dear friends from Makerere have a reputation.
However, it is important to note that the impact of corruption is not limited to only students or the youth but all Ugandans. This explains participation from the ‘senior citizens’ and the elites who have publicly supported the protests.
One of these is a Senior Lecturer of Law at Makerere University Dr. Busingye Kabumba who responded to a rumor that the Speaker is liaising with heads of different institutions to identify and expel students for engaging in the protests.
Dr. Busingye Kabumba is a notable scholar in the discipline of Human Rights, where he has also excelled to the realm to serve as the Ag. Director of Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC), a semi-autonomous department under the School of Law.
Set up by Makerere University in 1993, HURIPEC was the first human rights center of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although several human rights-related subjects were already being taught at the Faculty of Law, HURIPEC was established solely to foster on teaching, research and activism on human rights and peace issues at the University.
