Makerere University is raising tuition fees by 10 per cent beginning with the forthcoming academic year.
The increment, which has already been approved by the university council, will not affect continuing students. Makerere has grappled with financial challenges over the years, and so the fees increment is not really surprising. In fact, if it wasn't for the government standing in the way, fearing a political backlash, and students threatening to strike, the increment would not only be higher but it would have come much earlier.
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