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Grow Up Muk Students

New Vision (Kampala)
EDITORIAL
November 22, 2004
Posted to the web November 22, 2004
Kampala

A TOTAL of 113 Makerere University students were on Wednesday charged in court following a riot after one of their leaders was knocked dead on Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road on Sunday night.

The students disrupted traffic flow on the road demanding that humps be constructed. It took the Police more than eight hours to restore order.

Much as losing a dear one is painful and I sympathise with the victims' families, the students should have exercised restraint expected of those in a reputable institution like Makerere.

Their demand for humps following the accident is a genuine case, but they should have put the request maturely by, for instance, writing to the university administration to take up the matter with the Ministry of Works. But they should also bear in mind the fact that humps are not just constructed anywhere. If they were interested in a demonstration, they should have done it peacefully within the university campus, but not going into the highways to disrupt the public peace. The students should know that it is only God who can provide instant solutions.

 
 

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