THE RECONSTRUCTED MAIN BUILDING AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY TO BE OPENED ON 2nd OCTOBER 2022
A big thank you to all who responded to the fundraising drive for the reconstruction of Makerere University main building. Thank you very much! Refurbished ‘Ivory Tower’ at Makerere set to reopen in October The Independent September 21, 2024 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University’s iconic Main Building, known as the Ivory Tower, is set to reopen next month, nearly four years after extensive reconstruction efforts began following a fire that gutted the building in 2020. According to Ritah Namisango, the University’s Principal Communications Officer, the official reopening will take place on October 2, 2024, and will be attended by President Yoweri Museveni and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni. “The president will open it,” Namisango confirmed in a brief phone interview. Namisango stated that the restoration works are 97% complete, with the remaining 3% focused on final touches and interior installations. She emphasized that the building is essentially re