Uganda, March 22 -- Students, who intended to join Busoga University, could wait a little longer as its reopening still hangs in the balance.

The university, founded in 1999 and affiliated to Busoga Diocese, under the Church of Uganda, in 2017 had its licence revoked by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE).

NCHE cited lack of qualified staff, teaching of uncredited courses, and awarding fake degrees to more than 1,000 students.

But in February 2018, the university was handed over to the Ministry of Education to expedite its reopening as a public institution following a directive by President Museveni.

In April 2018, Dr Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Minister for Higher Education, was appointed to chair the committee that sp...