The chairperson of the students’ electoral commission at Makerere University has disqualified two guild presidential aspirants from the race on allegations of holding an illegal electoral debate.
Two Guild Presidential aspirants at Makerere University - Ms Margret Nattabi and Mr Sulaiman Namwoza have been disqualified by the chairman of the electoral commission at the institution.
The development follows the pair’s move of holding an illegal electoral debate meeting which is contrary to Section 10 (b) of the new students’ guild statute, 2022 and Article 67 (1) (b) of the Makerere students’ guild constitution, 2022.
Furthermore, the debate held at Mitchell Hall on the night of April 5, saw one Robert Sserunjogi, a second year student from the College of Natural Science, was severely injured by unknown students before he was admitted at the university hospital for treatment.
In his April 6 letter, the electoral commission chairperson, Mr Levi Tshilumba said both aspirants admitted taking part in the Kimeza meeting. The two disqualified candidates are National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters who wanted to contest on the same ticket but the party endorsed Nattabi before Namwoza decided to vie as an independent candidate.
Fresh reports indicate that Isaac Byaruhanga, a student of Medicine and Surgery and his colleague Arnold Muganga, a student of Arts, Drama and Music as well as Mr Xavier Dhubanji, the custodian of Mitchell Hall have been suspended, according to a letter signed by the university vice chancellor, Barnabas Nawangwe.
Nawangwe accused the two students of being behind the April 5 chaotic guild presidential debate and the Hall's custodian for letting all this mess happen in his midst.
