{"id":1925,"date":"2020-09-20T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T14:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2020-09-20T19:56:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T19:56:27","slug":"academic-and-financial-records-safe-as-fire-guts-pearly-of-africa-s-iconic-symbol-the-makerere-university-ivory-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/academic-and-financial-records-safe-as-fire-guts-pearly-of-africa-s-iconic-symbol-the-makerere-university-ivory-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL RECORDS SAFE AS FIRE GUTS PEARL OF AFRICA \u2018S ICONIC SYMBOL THE MAKERERE UNIVERSITY IVORY TOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Uganda Update news reporters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Minister of Education ,Mrs Janet Museveni inspects burnt structure<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Prof. Nawangwe says main building will be rebuilt in shortest time possible<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Makerere to mark 100 years in two years time<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Makerere university\u2019s academic and financial records were safely stored in digital form and were not destroyed in a fierce fire that gutted the Ivory Tower-the 98 year old university\u2019s iconic &nbsp;symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fire at our Main Building was a very big tragedy. However, I would like to assure all our alumni, staff, students, and general public that all our records past and current; human resource materials , student, academic and financial records are all safely stored in digital form,\u201d Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe the Makerere university Vice Chancellor stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police fire fighters put out the blaze they battled for close to 8 hours saving much of the main building structure. \u201cWhen I came, the fire was still on the other side [right hand side] in the roof, and when the fire brigade came, the first vehicles didn\u2019t have enough pressure to push the water into the roof,\u201d said Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, explained adding that the vehicle with a crane arrived after the fire had crossed to the left&nbsp; side of the Ivory &nbsp;tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Built&nbsp;&nbsp; with 20th century British architectural designs it was completed in 1941 with funding from the Colonial Development Bourse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the offices which were affected by the fire include that of the vice chancellor and his deputies, the university bursar, directorate of finance, internal audit, director human resource, public relations and university\u2019s main hall among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Nawangwe &nbsp;assured the nation that the university administration was determined to restore the building to its historic state in the shortest time possible. Mrs Janet Museveni, the Minister of &nbsp;Education &nbsp;inspected the razed structures and promised government\u2019s support to rebuild the main building to its historical symbolism. The Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga who is himself an alumni of Makerere University where he read &nbsp;law said ; \u201cI trust Government will support VC, Barnabas Nawangwe, to spearhead investigations to establish the cause of the fire, and, more importantly, to restore the Ivory Tower to its original state and appear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Uganda Update news reporters Minister of Education ,Mrs Janet Museveni inspects burnt structure Prof. Nawangwe says main building will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/fire.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1962,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/mastercard-foundation-gives-makarere-4bn-to-rebuild-ivory-tower\/","url_meta":{"origin":1925,"position":0},"title":"MASTERCARD FOUNDATION GIVES MAKARERE 4BN TO REBUILD IVORY TOWER","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Makerere university alumni , international organisations and companies are contributing funds to rebuild the Ivory Tower that was destroyed in an inferno that engulfed the 98 institute a week ago. 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