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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, has called for the ban of political parties in the institution\u2019s guild elections.<\/p>\n

Prof Nawangwe\u2019s proposal followed the death of Bewatti Betungura, a 25-year-old student of Uganda Christian University (UCU), who was stabbed to death last week during the violent guild elections at Makerere. The elections have since been suspended.<\/p>\n

Prof Nawangwe told Daily Monitor yesterday that political parties have fuelled violence at the university .<\/p>\n

\u201cI would recommend that we remove party politics from the leadership of the students to enable them grow as leaders; understanding what leadership is all about, as people to serve and not people to use certain affiliations to gain something .That is what is happening,\u201d Prof Nawangwe said.<\/p>\n

However, political parties rejected the proposal, saying the multi-party system is a constitutional right.<\/p>\n

The secretary general of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), Mr Richard Todwong, said the university needs to be strict and regulate the students\u2019 campaigns without interference of outsiders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate that a student died at Makerere. However, for a very long time, universities have been the nursery bed for nurturing future leaders. The university should stop foreigners from interfering with politics at campus. Banning political parties from having branches within campus will not help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His National Unity Platform (NUP) party counterpart, Mr David Lewis Rubongoya, expressed a similar view, saying the proposal is a wrong approach to students\u2019 politics since they have a right to belong to any grouping of their choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cUniversities are a breeding ground for national leaders. We have seen violence in all elections in this country. We should condemn violence not political parties. It is the role of the university to ensure that they maintain peace and order,\u201d Mr Rubongoya said.<\/p>\n

He claimed there has been a deliberate move to eliminate NUP since it entered politics of this country.<\/p>\n

Following Betungura\u2019s death, the University Council led by Ms Lorna Magara banned the guild elections for this year.<\/p>\n

It also suspend the guild council and banned physical elections, which will be replaced with virtual ones.<\/p>\n

The University Council formed a six-member committee to investigate what transpired and report back after one month with recommendations.<\/p>\n

Prof Nawangwe welcomed the Council\u2019s decision, saying once it is establishes that political parties are partly the cause for hooliganism, they should be banned.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the investigations establish that political parties are the main cause of violence, we should remove them and I am very firm on that. The loss of a young student who is the hope of parents and country cannot be taken lightly. It calls for drastic measures,\u201d Prof Nawangwe said.<\/p>\n

Kassanda South MP Frank Kabuye and two others were arrested for allegedly being behind last week\u2019s violence.<\/p>\n

The trio, which is facing charges of incitement to violence, was released on Tuesday on police bond as investigations continue.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions sent their file back to police to carry out further investigations, citing lack of enough evidence.<\/p>\n

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