Skip to main content

University students protest over sex

Twenty-three students of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) have challenged the university’s decision to suspend them for one year for allegedly indulging in sexual activities on campus.
The affected students have written to the university management for a review of the decision by the disciplinary committee alleging that they were caught coupling in dark corners at the campus, contrary to university regulations.
The affected students were given one week within which to appeal the decision should they feel the punishment was not just and fair.
The 30-year-old institution, which operates on strict Islamic doctrines, bans physical touch involving hugging, pecking, and kissing between students of opposite sex.
IUIU is one of the rare universities that runs an all-female campus at Kabojja on the outskirts of Kampala city.
In one of the latest cases, one of the suspended students said he was unaware of the rules and consumed alcohol two years ago and was made to write hundred apologies to which he affixed his passport size photograph and was asked to pin on all notice boards at the campus.
The university disciplinary committee also found the suspended students on different course guilty of consuming narcotics, and alcohol, among other offences.
University speaks out
Dr Sulait Kabali, the university coordinator, who also doubles as secretary of the disciplinary committee, told Daily Monitor yesterday that the students were found guilty over breach of university rules and regulations.
“The students were found guilty of coupling and having sex on campus, which is contrary to the University rules and regulations,” he added.
Mr Kabali said other students were also found guilty of theft of property, consuming alcohol and other narcotic drugs, pregnancy and staging acts of violence at the campus.
The suspension letter dated April 14, states that the students were found in dark corners on different occasions engaging in a love affairs.
“During the cross-examining to which you were subjected at the above Disciplinary Sub-Committee and basing on your oral and written submission in which you stated that you were found in darkness engaging in love affairs, you were found guilty of having committed the above stated offence hence having violated the above cited rule,” reads part of the letter.
Mr Kabali said the suspension should act as a strong warning to other students, adding that university administration will not hesitate to expel any anyone who breaches the rules and regulation governing IUIU.
The suspended students, some in the final years of their courses, were about to sit for their examinations, which commenced yesterday.
Ms Rehema Katono, the public relations officer, said the university Disciplinary Committee will soon sit again to reach a final decision on the students, who have appealed against their suspension.
“At the moment, we cannot declare that we have suspended or discontinued them because the final conclusion has not been made as yet regarding their appeals,” she said.
One of the affected students, who preferred anonymity for fear that his appeal may be revoked, said disciplinary committee was too harsh in its judgment.
“I find it so astonishing that committee retrieved an offence I committed two years ago when I had just joined the campus but apart from that, they were too harsh,” he said.
Ms Katono advised that students interested in one another for sexual relationships should apply to the dawwah committee for consent and be allowed to marry officially.
About IUIU
Islamic university: IUIU is an Islamic-rule governed multi-disciplinary university offering courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. IUIU runs a main campus in Mbale in eastern Uganda, another in Kampala and in Arua plus Kabojja outside Kampala.
At 30 years, IUIU has seen increased enrolment of students from only 80 to more than 8,612, with campuses increasing from one to four. It has also trained more than 1,000 master graduates and over 50 PhD students. It has also produced more than 25,000 undergraduates.

SOURCE :http://www.adomonline.com

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ghana Ranks 1st in World Manhood Ranking

A graph revealing the average size of a man’s erect penis from all over the world has surfaced online and Africa is topping the list. Ghanaian men have the world’s largest penises, while Nigerian ranks 5th according to the latest ranking. South African men are ranked at number 10. It appears countries such as Asian countries such as India, Thailand and South Korea are not as gifted in terms of ‘eggplant’ as they are sitting at the bottom of the table. Nigeria is in the top five with Gabon, Jamaica, and Haiti. Target Map published a graph showing the differing lengths of a male’s manhood size across the World and Africa, Western Africa particular, takes the top spot. Target Map created the colour-coded interactive infographic which shows the different sizes of men’s manhood depending on where they’re from. The African countries have the largest manhoods while erect, while orange comes second, yellow is in middle, light green is the smallest and green is the smallest. ...
Post a Comment
Read more

What’s the relationship between Anas and late JB Danquah’s wife – Ken asks

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has asked investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, to come public on the kind of relationship that exist between him and the wife of late Abuakwa North MP, Jospeh Boakye Danquah-Adu. Two people, Daniel Asiedu and Bosso are on trial at the High Court after more than a year of committal proceedings at a district court. A brother of the late MP, Kwasi Frimpong who has been speaking for the family has been demanding the immediate arrest of Mrs Ivy Danquah-Adu as they believe she can offer more leads that would help unravel the mystery surrounding the death of the businessman and MP. “I am emphasizing that the wife (Ivy Danquah-Adu) should be arrested immediately…she would tell the actual truth behind the murder, the family knows that she knows something about the death…,” he said on Adom FM’s Midday News on Wednesday, 10th May, 2017. Mr Ken Agyapong who is pursuing the investigative journalist is also ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Mauritania court gives toughest sentence for slave owners

Two slave owners in Mauritania have been jailed in a country where slavery remains widespread but convictions rare, activists say. The sentences of 10 and 20 years are said to be the toughest-ever for the crime in the West African country. Slavery was outlawed in 1981 but 1% of the population are still living in bondage, human rights groups say. Black people of certain ethnic groups are often enslaved as domestic workers by lighter-skinned Mauritanians. The country has jailed more anti-slavery activists than slave owners, rights groups say. The court in the north-western town of Nouadhibou gave a 20-year prison sentence to Hamoudi Ould Saleck. His father – who died before the trial ended – received the same sentence posthumously. Both were accused of “reducing to slavery” a family, two of whom were children. A woman, Revea Mint Mohamed, was jailed for 10 years for keeping three slaves – one of whom was a 29-year-old who had been kept since she was a small girl. Both cases had...
Post a Comment
Read more