The ULS president Francis Gimara of Arcadia Advocates has decried the over-monetization of student politics at Makerere University.
Speaking at the launch of the ‘Rule of Law Club’, Gimara joked while drawing comparison between their time at Makerere and the times now.
Gimara contested for Law Society President at Makerere in a race that attracted close to 10 aspirants and he emerged winner.
“I don’t think my budget then came close to shs100,000. Even the little money I invested was sponsored by the mature entry students who believed in my cause and volunteered to push it forward,” Gimara said.
He said that the situation right now is blown out of proportion and joked that if he were to be enrolled in this era, he would just have to be a member of PILAC (Public Interest Law Clinic) and he wouldn’t have the capacity to stand for Society President.
Makerere Law Society (MLS), the umbrella organisation that binds all Law students at Uganda’s oldest institution of higher learning were on Wednesday 26th April, 2017 launching the Rule of Law Club in the university.
The launch attracted several bigwigs from the National Legal Fraternity including the Uganda Law Society (ULS) President Francis Gimara, the ULS Treasurer Hajjat Shifra Lukwago and Dr. Kakungulu Mayambala – a society member and lecturer of Law at Makerere.
In his address as regards the launch, Francis Gimara said this generation’s revolution shall not be by going to the bush and ‘shooting their way to power’ but by forming as many Rule of Law Clubs as possible through which they shall shape the flow of events and change situations in the country.
The President also set a target for Makerere to have launched up to 100 clubs in institutions all over the country by the end of the year.
The launch which took place at Makerere School of Law was in the boardroom of Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC).
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