A group of students at Makerere University has threatened to boycott the planned universal suffrage elections scheduled for this Saturday.
The university council announced it will be holding elections for the Constitutional Review Commission that is responsible for amending the guild constitution.
These elections come one month after the University Council suspended the polls after a student from Uganda Christian University(UCU) died during campaigns for MAK guild president.
A report from an ad hoc committee instituted to investigate the incident only released a report to the council which was never made public.
The commission, if elected, must have representatives from each of the collage, each of the halls of residence, Jinja Campus, and disabled students.
The constitution review commission shall provide students leadership at the university in the interim.
However, students are opposed to the election process, and student leaders from halls of residence and colleges have since written to the University Council distancing themselves from the organized elections.
Lawel Muhwezi, one of the students spearheading the boycott also said the council has no authority to organize students-related elections.
"As students, we are concerned about this election because the constitution does not give any law to the University administration to hold any election on behalf of students”, Muhwezi said.
Muhwezi was also concerned about the fact that none of the students was able to see the report produced by the select committee of the University.
