{UAH} Rwanda asks Rwandan students studying in Uganda to start afresh

Rwandan students who were studying in Uganda have reportedly been asked by Rwandan universities to start afresh because the "curricula are different in the countries."

Diplomatic relations between Uganda and Rwanda soured late last month when Rwanda closed its borders to Ugandan goods and traders and also blocked its nationals from crossing into Uganda. Among those directly affected are students and traders from both countries.

Rwanda accuses Uganda of harbouring dissents who are plotting against President Paul Kagame's government. Further, Rwanda accuses Uganda of torturing and imprisoning Rwandan nationals without trial, allegations that Ugandan officials and President Yoweri Museveni have roundly denied.

Now, according to The Chronicles, A Rwandan publication, Rwandan universities have told Rwandan students who have been studying in Uganda, to seek fresh admission in Rwanda. According to The Chronicles, three final-year students who were studying in Uganda, said in an interview, that they have been ordered to start afresh.

One of the affected students according is Deo Nahimana, a third-year student doing Information Technology at Uganda Christian University (UCU). Rwanda's travel advisory found him in Rwanda and when he reportedly contacted the University of Kigali's Musanze district campus, the University of Technology and Business Studies Gisenyi campus and the Kigali Independent University (ULK), he was told they could only admit him if he starts afresh.

"They have all responded that they can only give me a place if I accept to start from Year One," Nahimana is quoted by The Chronicles as saying.

His several desperate efforts to return to Uganda through the Cyanika and Kagitumba borders to complete his studies have been frustrated swatted by the uncompromising Rwandan security.

"The universities I contacted [in Rwanda] told me that the curricula are different in the two countries," he added.

Espoir Nsengiyumva, also a Rwandan student at UCU as Nahimana, told The Chronicles separately that he had contacted more than three universities in Kigali, and they all told him to start afresh.

"Some either do not have the Information Technology faculty or those that have it told me I have to start afresh," said Nsengiyumva.

Ange Uwase, a Kampala International University (KIU) student was just a few months away from completing her bachelors degree in June, and was preparing her dissertation. She was reportedly turned back at the border when she attempted to cross into Uganda from Rwanda.

https://observer.ug/news/headlines/60199-rwanda-asks-rwandan-students-studying-in-uganda-to-start-afresh?fbclid=IwAR0h_JcALTI5RkP0AJa9yAABHKiFH7wLXN1m-KMeL02atbHwaTtGWlWtlsI

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