Dr Swizen Kyomuhendo, a senior lecturer mentioned in the alleged sexual harassment of female students has been ordered by Makerere University to defend himself as the campus also instituted proceedings to look into his issues.
The development follows an embarrassing footage that aired on a local TV channel (NBS) in which the lecturer from the Department of Social Work and Social Administration (SWSA), is seen luring one of his students to a lodge to have "some fun". In the story aired early this week, the victim claimed that the lecturer had promised to adjust her marks if she 'cooperated.'
However, a shaken Dr Kyomuhendo, denied ever engaging in any act of sexual harassment when the TV reporter sought him out on phone for a comment.
Prof Josephine Ahikire, the acting principal in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), has now written to Dr Kyomuhendo to come clean on the matter by tomorrow Thursday, March 1, 2018.
"A story was run on NBS TV on the night of February 26, 2018 which specifically highlighted you to have been involved in attempts to exchange sex for marks with a female student. Given the grievous effects of such a report on you as a member of staff, the College and the University at large, there is a need for an appropriate response from us as a College as soon as possible," reads part of Prof Ahikire's letter dated February 27.
Kyomuhendo is not the first lecturer to be mentioned in the sex-for-marks scandal at Makerere University. In July 2017, Brian Musaga, a former assistant lecturer in the college of Business and Management Studies (CoBAMS), was implicated in a report into sex for marks and sexual harassment.
At least six of the eight female students interviewed by the committee that investigated the scandal, implicate Musaga, for professional misconduct. He is still battling similar accusations in court.
