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The Vice Chancellor of Victoria University Dr. Krishin Sharma in an exclusive interview talked to Darious Magara a senior Reporter with www.mknewslink.com news website about their latest developments at the university, Scholarships, fees structure, staff strength among others. Below are excerpts
QN:What are the aims and objectives of Victoria university?
The core function of Victoria University is the pursuit of academic excellence. This commitment has seen us receive notable recognition from National council for Higher education as one of the rapidly progressing universities in Uganda.
QN:What do you offer and what makes Victoria University unique?
We offer a wide variety of courses and our qualifications are designed to meet the needs of the market place. We have established links with a number of Professional and Corporate companies and constantly review our portfolio to ensure that it meets both students’ requirements and current sophisticated employer needs. Some are self employment program; Our courses focus on, and aim at imparting skills to students and this will enable them venture into self-employment areas and sectors of the economy. But more so our methodology of teaching and the state of Art facilities stand out. This does not mean that we do not follow the norms but we keep our system student centered.
We make sure that our Graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills required for a successful career in their chosen field. Input is provided from researchers, current market and industry practitioners, professional bodies to ensure that the curriculum and content are up-to-date and relevant. The University has a dedicated Career Service team which is always at hand to assist students on embarking on their chosen career after graduation.
Creating scholars

We at Victoria University seek to create specialists in a particular branch of knowledge. We would like to create scholars empowered to provide cutting edge solutions
Location
Victoria University Kampala is located in the middle of Kampala City providing convenience and accessibility to all our students. The University is less than an hour’s drive from Entebbe International Airport. We have Students accommodation Hostels conveniently located in the city.
Facilities
We offer the perfect setting for you to achieve your full potential. We have world class facilities, Ultra-modern Nursing and Health simulation skills lab, all lecture rooms are air conditioned; we have a first class students lobby, top sports facilities, gyms and swimming pools. Our Campus has a fully-fledged Crane Bank Branch facility; VISA driven ATM machines, Western Union, Money Gram facilities, Restaurants, parking and state of the art library.
Research excellence
High quality good value courses need to be backed by a solid reputation of research. Victoria University Kampala is a research active institution where students enjoy the benefits of working with research experts who are also teaching, thus ensuring that the latest developments underpin and inform our students. Through our research reputation we have developed strategic partnerships with international institutions e.g. Coventry University etc. giving our students a truly global perspective on developments in their field.
Investment
Victoria University plans to invest over USD15million in the development of a modern vibrant and exciting university, complete with additional state of the art facilities, new buildings next to Uganda Golf Club and Mulago International Hospital, new halls of residence and innovative learning spaces and a university teaching hospital for health sciences.
QN:What do you offer in science courses, any new plans in the science
courses you are offering?

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS (BHND)
Dietetics is a profession which applies the science of nutrition in the maintenance of health in each of the life cycle stages as well as to the dietary management of various disease conditions. Our 4 year dietetics degree program equips graduates with the knowledge and skills to practice in any of the 3 key focus areas of the profession, i.e. Therapeutic Nutrition, Community Nutrition and Food Service Management.
Duration 4 Years

BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE
The EHS curriculum provides a fundamental knowledge of environmental health within a broad basic sciences background, with emphasis on the evaluation and control of major environmental health problems such as water supply, waste disposal, food hygiene, occupational health, air pollution, and others. Duration 3 Years

BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCES
The curriculum is designed to meet the challenges of healthcare delivery. The course is highly demanding and designed to use community-orientated, evidence and skills-based approaches in order to be highly responsive to the needs of urban and rural communities.
Duration 4 Years

QN:How do you plan to beat completion among universities?

We believe that quality education will sell us as an institution. If you have good staff; programs, courses and teach them well that will be used to beat our competitors.
QN:What do you say about your fees, do you wish to announce any new fees
structure?
Our fees are fair if you compare with the high quality education services we offer. The Vision of the founders of VU are not so much focused about big numbers or quantity but rather quality. We pay for research of students and help them to access good education, internship and apprenticeship and as well some job placement.
“Our fees are not high compared with the education service and costs involved in offering it” he stressed. Students have lectures, tutorials and cases studies.
To the difficult students; if you do not understand the way we teach, we teach you the way you understand” he added.
VU University is a student centre place of learning where students are given a free environment to study and they relate with lecturers not with a master slave attitude. We have hundreds of students and more are being enrolled in various programs.
QN:Do you have a hospital that can support the medicine courses that you
offer, or are you planning to establish one and where?
VU has established partnerships with UMC Victoria Hospital, Mulago, Uganda China Friendship hospital and other organizations where our students do practical work.

QN:What should students expect from your library and ICT centre?
VU ICT is fully developed that computers and softwares and internet are used at the campus. Each student who is enrolled is given a free laptop to be used in his/ her studies. The library is well stocked with computers books and other studying materials.
QN:Sports and co-curricular activities are vital, what do you have to
offer to this?
We have sports and they are done at Kampala parents School. Students play football, hand ball, swimming and basket ball among others.
QN:Do you have Scholarships and Victoria university?
Through the Ruparelia Foundation, Victoria University seeks to provide an opportunity to all interested applicants to have a value added higher learning experience with a range of 30% -50% scholarship across all courses and open to all applicants from all countries.
QN:What are the deliberate intentions of the scholarships?
• To promote equity in the communities by supporting strong and talented students acquire the necessary academic qualifications
• Grow studentship to specific programmes
• Boost and attract talents to Victoria University
• To help address the skills gap in the economy
• To address challenges of poverty through the avenue of human capital development.
The Ruparelia Foundation works to improve and promote health, education, sports, general welfare, and poverty eradication, improve livelihoods, support the welfare of wildlife and preservation of the environment by fostering partnerships among businesses, corporations, with the government, non-governmental organizations and individuals.
QN:Who is who on your teaching staff?
Some of the teaching staff include; Dr. Stephen Lawoko dean of faculty of health sciences, Dr. Terry Kahuma Dean of sciences and Technology and Fred Kasirye acting dean of humanities and social sciences.
QN:Are you planning a job placement day?
We are planning with some organizations that they will come and conduct interviews at campus and pick the best students for job placements. This has been done before for students doing nursing sciences degrees but we will this time round widen the scope to cover various programs. Some of our best students are placed after internship when they demonstrate their great employable skills and some in the Ruparelia Group of companies owned by Sudhir.

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Monday June 18, 2018
By Aiden Graw
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CELEBRITY NEWS:
Just a day after losing the City comedian and MC, Hassan Lumu alias King kong who succumbed to malaria on Sunday 17th june 2018, City events emcee and NBS TV’s Edwin Katamba widely known as MC KATS has this early morning been admitted to Mengo Hospital, over a strange illness which has shocked doctors.
Up to now, the doctors are yet to come out and give his family medical results of the great Media personality. MC KATS is a loverbird to singer Fille Mutoni
Western Queen Diva Moureen Baibee releases Humura video
Moureen Baibee originally born Rukundo Moureen is a super talented queen Diva in Ugandan music industry. She was born and raised in western Uganda in Bushenyi Ishaka Munisipality, currently in 2018 Baibee is working as a radio personality on Ibanda-based radio 89.7 Rwenzori Eiraka fm.
She also have songs like; Ninyenda iwe, Reka Nkwanikye, Nkoye, Omwana, Ogarukye etc. She is ever ready to do any business concerning music… currently she has a new track trending everywhere titled Humura.
SEX, GREED, MONEY etc, find out why Irene Ntale has quit Swangz Avenue
Embattled queen diva, Irene Ntale has officially left her management label Swangz Avenue. www.mknewslink.com, understands the sexy diva seems to have tolerated and had enough of Swangz. Our snoops have mined deep into this and here is why Ntale decided to quit Swangz.
READ: Irene Ntale is Dumped, her career is in jeopardy
Firstly, Ntale joined Swangz Avenue in 2013 and she signed a contract with that label. According to the contract, Swangz stated that the label was to make sure that Ntale records two full albums and many videos within two years besides two concerts. The label also stated that Ntale would be given 50% of all the money she is paid for any concert in and outside Uganda. In the contract, Swangz stated that the label would also promote Ntale’s music across all media platforms.

Irene Ntale has up to now recorded only one full album instead of three as described in the contract yet it is now four years past including her last renewal. From 2015 onwards, Julius Kyazze, the Swangz Avenue CEO turned his focus to the bummy Musawo singer, Winnie Nwangi his new cash cow.
Away from that, late last year, after being frustrated for over 8 months by Kyazze, Ntale managed to have her mini-concert – the Sembera Date Night at the Sheraton gardens which by all standards fared well but she was given peanuts by Swangz who made off with the biggest share of the gate collections, this could be another reason as to why Ntale also chose to resign.
Her Former Personal Assistant-Cum- Manager Veronika has Secretly Been Doing Music At A Studio In Makindye And When Swangz Avenue Found Out They Instead Rewarded Her With A Contract Virtually Replacing Ntale.
New female singer Dina Rukoti comes in first video.
The new revolution in the music industry is here with a young female artiste Dina Rukoti who was discovered by Black Age Entertainment and signed her onto the label, the diva has released her very first song entitled Mbali nawe a song that was produced by Psalmz beat, and the video shot by JP Mboira of Frontlane visuals, this is a lively video with expected expressions from the young diva ,she is a talent well discovered and ready to take the music industry by storm.

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18th June 2018
By Elly Nyesiga
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In Mbarara
Mbarara District Police Commander Jaffar Magyezi has been arrested and taken to Mbuya Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) headquarters for questioning.
The 2nd Division Army barracks spokesperson Lt. Geoffrey Sande confirmed that he was summoned to appear at CMI headquarters in Mbuya today for questioning on yet to be known allegations.
In a phone interview, Lt Sande said that he is not aware why Magyezi was summoned and they expect him to report back after he is done with those who summoned him.

It is alleged that he is summoned in relation to his former boss Kale Kayihura as he is expected that he was one of his associates.
Since former Inspector General of Police Gen Kayihura was arrested on June 13, a joint team of CMI and ISO operatives have moved in to arrest dozens of his former associates or confidantes on various alleged crimes.
The arrested include; Lt Col Peter Musherure, former deputy Director of Crime Intelligence in police, Herbert Muhangi, former Flying Squad commander Richard Ndaboine, former Director of Crime Intelligence in police Col Ndahura Atwooki and several other high ranking police officers.
The arrested officers are facing charges, which the State has not yet specified.

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Monday June 18, 2018
By Aiden Graw
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LOCAL SPORT: FUFA DRUM Quarterfinals
Following action on match Day 6 on Sunday that also brought an end to the group stage fixtures, the FUFA Drum is now headed to the Quarterfinals.

7 out of 8 teams are already in the first knock stage of the Competition to be played on the home and away basis set for 30th June and 1st July for the 1st leg while 7th and 8th reserved for the return leg outings.

However on Sunday, the inaugural tournament recorded an interrupted match between Teso Province and Bugisu Province in Katakwi as fans walked on to the pitch in the 75th minute with the score still 0-0.

The FUFA Drum Committee and FUFA Competitions Committee will pronounce itself based on reports from the match officials which will be presented to the FUFA Competitions Disciplinary Panel headed by Deo Mutabazi.

The teams in the Quarterfinals so far are: Kampala, Bukedi, Busoga, West Nile, Ankole, Acholi and Buganda

Final table standings of The FUFA Drum after group matches

Quarterfinals (Home and Away) 1st Leg

Q1 Saturday 30th June: To be determined after Teso vs Bugisu match

Q2 Saturday 30th June: To be determined after Teso vs Bugisu match

Q3 Sunday 1st July: Bukedi vs Acholi

Q 4Sunday 1st July: Buganda vs Kampala

Quarterfinals 2nd Leg to be played on 7th and 8th July.

One Hundred Million Shillings (100M) has been staked by FUFA in cash Prizes for the tournament Selected games of the Match Day 5 and 6 were sponsored by Uganda Tourism Board to a tune of 75M Shillings.

MAIN PHOTO: Ankole Province fans join two goal hero Paul Mucureezi to cerebrate his winner against West Nile in Ntungamo.
Ankole won 3-2 to set up a quarterfinal berth with Busoga.

RUSSIA 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP CONTINUES
SUNDAY RESULTS:
COSTA RICA 0-1 SERBIA
GERMANY 0-1 MEXICO
BRAZIL 1-1 SWITZERLAND

TODAY’s FIXTURE:
SWEDEN V KOREA REPUBLIC @3:00pm
BELIGIUM V PANAMA @6:00pm
TUNISIA V ENGLAND @9:00pm

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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In sheema
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) launched its campaign yesterday evening in Sheema with huge numbers of supporters who turned up at the rally of Miss Virginia ‘Plan’ Mugyenyi the party candidate.
Speaker after speaker criticized Minister Elioda Tumwesigye for being selfish and noted that he even dodges debating in parliament.
Mubarak Munyagwa the Kawempe South Legislator told a mammoth crowd that Elioda is always in the canteen drinking African tea and eating bans.

He added that Elioda stole millions of global funds money in 2007 and deposited it in his ICOBI an NGO and he noted that the money was meant to treat malaria TB and HIV.
According to Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the FDC secretary general who studied with Elioda at Makerere University, the minister was always arrogant and selfish.
All the speakers who included the party president Amuriat Oboi , Ingrid Turinawe, Vincent Mujuni Kyamadidi the former Rwampara MP, Mwijukye Francis MP Buhweju called upon voters to shun Elioda and vote for FDC.
They noted that Elioda is selfish, wants everything on his side, does not think about others noting that that’s why he wants two seats.

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