UCU Student's Throat Cut to Death During Makerere University NUP-FDC Camp Battle

Posted on July 15, 2022
By Sean Musa Carter
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Uganda Christian University (UCU) student, Oakland Bentungura Bewatte who lived in Kikoni got his throat cut during an attack in Finals of Guild Presidential Rallies at Makerere University.

According to info we received, it is believed that the victim was attacked during an NUP-FDC camp scuffle around Rugby grounds and was later taken to the university hospital for treatment where he was confirmed dead by the doctors.

Makerere University Council Thursday night suspended the students’ governing body, the Students’ Guild, and indefinitely deferred polls due today to elect its 88th President after the son of a Member of Parliament was killed in a clash during last-minute campaigns.

According to the footage recorded by a student in the hospital, the cameraman and people around him talk about how there were people holding knives during this campaign and many MUK students point fingers at Justus and RGB of Mitchell for the death of their fellow students and inserting Violence.Below was the footage recorded however you are warned about graphical.

The heated race in which Alionzi was the biggest crowd puller had attracted up to sixteen contenders, including the ruling National Resistance Movement’s Ibra Hussein.

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