Makere Universtiy

So I had the privilege of staying on campus at Makere University with two women. I spoke in the evening about prayer to a group of about 20 – all students that stay in the same hostel. The time of sharing was really great. And I learned a lot about student life in Uganda… I was impressed by their dedication to there studies. The girls I stayed with had a weekly schedule posted in their room. They wake up at 2:30am just to begin studying!!! Than they begin their daily routines at 5am… impressive. currently students at Makere University are on strike, because they are not being taught by the lecturers who were on strike first because they want a pay raise… so because the students were rioting early in the day, the law enforcement came in and have blocked off all campus roads and are monitoring everything very closely. Tear-gas has been brought …really the whole works because of this strike. It is so sad; it’s like what I learned about at UW-Madison in the 70’s. In one hostel some students were throwing soda-bottles at the officers so the officers tear-gassed the whole place; innocent students who were in their rooms were forced to run out only to be beaten by the law enforcement. The whole thing is so sad and disturbing.