{UAH} we have a major problem - centralisation

http://observer.ug/news-headlines/46170-4-universities-producing-fake-nurses

As CLA pursues justice on behalf of the UCU students, one of them, Asiimwe, told The Observer last week that her dreams are in limbo.

"My family thinks I am a disappointment. They keep on blasting me why I did not pass my senior six," said Asiimwe, who has now taken up a sales job in Jinja town to survive.

To fund her education at UCU, Asiimwe says they had to pass a begging bowl around to family, friends and well wishers.

"I remember we went to Hon Daudi Migereko the former minister for Lands to get help. We begged people; I applied for scholarship but only managed to get a scholarship from Madhvani Foundation in my second year. Even then it was Shs 1.5 million and yet we had to pay Shs 3 million shillings. How will I go through the trauma again?" she asked.

Katumwa, too, is frustrated. "You can't do anything if you are not licensed," he said. "You cannot go for further studies. Everything seems uncertain. Our families expect much from us but we are still depending on them. Life is hard."

Walukhu says their only hope lies in the legal process. "We need justice," he said. "We have lost money and time because someone was just thinking about money and the regulator never cared even when students contribute to the funding of NCHE."

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Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero

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