{"id":162024,"date":"2024-03-14T05:14:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/14\/sports-betting-claims-1000-students-annually-at-makerere-university\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T05:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:14:28","slug":"sports-betting-claims-1000-students-annually-at-makerere-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/14\/sports-betting-claims-1000-students-annually-at-makerere-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting Claims 1000 Students Annually at Makerere University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309002\" alt=\"\" width=\"821\" height=\"388\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/makerere.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/makerere.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"821\" height=\"388\"  \/>Makerere University has voiced concerns about a significant dropout rate associated with sports betting and gambling.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the vice-chancellor of Uganda\u2019s oldest higher learning institution, Barnabas Nawangwe, reported that at least 1,000 students drop out annually due to losing tuition fees in sports betting.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Daily Monitor<\/em> newspaper quoted Nawangwe as saying, <em>\u201cOur investigations have shown that actually, those people were dropping out not because they failed to pay fees. They got fees from their parents and wanted to invest in betting in order to get interest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The vice-chancellor mentioned that some students have been deceiving their parents about their academic progress, even going to the extent of attending graduation ceremonies despite not regularly attending classes.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey ended up being broke and kept telling their parents stories. And parents don\u2019t hear their names being read in the graduation booklet,\u201d<\/em> Prof Nawangwe said.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, a Makerere University student was reported missing after allegedly orchestrating his own kidnapping and severing communication with parents, relatives, and friends due to losing his tuition in a sports betting scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Augustine Ssekajugo, then a 2nd-year student of Dental Surgery, left his rented room in Makerere-Kikoni and hid in Iganga District. It wasn\u2019t until the police intensified their search and rescue operation that he was discovered hiding in Butama Village, Nakalama Sub County in Iganga District.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makerere University has voiced concerns about a significant dropout rate associated with sports betting and gambling. On Tuesday, the vice-chancellor of Uganda\u2019s oldest higher learning institution, Barnabas Nawangwe, reported that at least 1,000 students drop out annually due to losing tuition fees in sports betting. 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