Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has lifted the suspension of Makerere University Academic Staff [MUASA] chairperson Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi after a High Court consent settlement on Wednesday.
Dr. Kamunyu was suspended in January for allegedly taking part in actions that disrupt and injure the reputation of the university.
The said actions include inciting violence, insubordination, attacking university officials among others.
He was suspended alongside other staff association leaders Benet Magara and Joseph Kalema, both leaders of the Makerere Administrative Staff Association –MASA.
The suspension prompted the joint staff associations of administrative, academic and support staff to go on strike, which affected operations of the university for more than a month.
Dr Muhammad Kiggundu Musoke, the institution’s Manager Communication and International Relations said that lifting the suspension was done in a spirit of dialogue. Kiggundu, however, says that Dr Kamunyu is required to subject himself to the internal disciplinary process before the appointments board of the university.
According to the consent judgement, the Appointments Board of the University has also been tasked to adhere to principles of natural justice, fairness and equity.
The judgement was signed by Hudson Musoke, a lawyer in the Directorate of Legal Affairs on behalf of the university and Felix Ampaire, Dr Kamunyu’s lawyer.
