UGANDA: PRESIDENT AMIN AND SHEIKH ABOUT JUMBE OF ZANZIBAR ATTEND UNIVERSITY GRADUATION CEREMONY IN KAMPALA.

Record ID: 421625

  • Title: UGANDA: PRESIDENT AMIN AND SHEIKH ABOUT JUMBE OF ZANZIBAR ATTEND UNIVERSITY GRADUATION CEREMONY IN KAMPALA.
  • Date: 10th October 1973
  • Summary: 1. GV Makerere University 0.05 2. SV General Amin in procession walking to dais (2 shots) 0.29 3. SV Band & photographers 0.34 4. SV & CU Amin addressing audience (2 shots) 0.40 5. SV Graduates listening 0.45 6. SV Graduate kneeling before President Amin 0.53 7. SCU Graduates seated 0.56 8. SV Graduate with President Amin & returning to seat 1.09 9. GV Graduation ceremony 1.15 Initials ESP/2154 ESP/2206 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th October 1973 13:00
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  • Location: KAMPALA, UGANDA
  • Country: Uganda
  • Reuters ID: LVA56M501YUR15O0DWKQSTJPP0K9
  • Story Text: In Uganda, the President. General Idi Amin, conferred degrees and diplomas on more than 400 students who have been studying at Makerere University in Kampala. General Amin is Chancellor of the University. It is the only one in the country.

    The Zanzibar leader and Tenzanian Vice-President, Sheikh About Jumbe, was the guest of honour at the ceremony on Monday (8 October). He is a graduate of Makerere University, having gained a diploma of education in 1945. Sheikh Jumbe has been in Uganda, attending the eleventh independence celebrations.

    Most of the students at Makerere University are Ugandan, but others come from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Sudan and South Africa. A graduation ceremony takes place twice a year - in March and in October.

    SYNOPSIS: For final year students at Makerere University in Uganda, Monday was a proud day. The Ugandan President, General Idi Amin, who is Chancellor of the University, presented the degrees and diplomas that marked the successful end of their student days. One of the University's most distinguished graduates, Sheikh About Jumbe, the Zanzibar leader, was guest of honour at the ceremony. He was awarded a diploma of education from the University in 1945.

    Makerere is the only University in Uganda and graduation ceremonies are held twice yearly. Four hundred and twenty-nine students graduated at Monday's ceremony.

    Most of the students are Ugandan but others come from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Sudan and South Africa. They will become doctors, scientists, teachers and technical experts in many fields, including agriculture.

    Among the graduates were several who had gained masters degrees. Four students graduated as Masters of Science in Agriculture and four more gained doctorates in other subjects.
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