World University News: UGANDA: Students protest ‘discriminatory’ fees
Writer: Kayiira Kizito
Date: 25 January 2009
Late last year, Kenyan students enrolled at Makerere University, Uganda’s most famous institution, protested against ‘discriminatory’ foreign student fees and other charges. As with many other universities around the world, Makerere charges differential rates for domestic and international students with those from East Africa pay around 1.5 times the local rate.