By Our Reporter,
KAMPALA
Chaos and violence marred the examination session at Kampala International University (KIU) this afternoon, as university officials and security guards were caught on video assaulting students at the IBML Library examination venue.
In disturbing footage obtained by Parrots Media, several students are seen being manhandled, flogged, and physically assaulted by individuals alleged to be examination supervisors, lecturers, and KIU security personnel. The video captures the screams and protests of distressed students, as voices in the background describe their ordeal at the hands of university authorities.
One particularly harrowing scene shows a male student whose identity remains unknown, being beaten by a man believed to be an exam supervisor. Fellow students can be heard shouting and condemning the brutal treatment, directing their anger at the university management and its staff.
Students say the violence erupted as many attempted to access the examination hall without clearance slips, a document required to sit for exams, which students obtain only after long and often fruitless efforts to secure approval from the university’s finance office.
“In KIU, you pay tuition early, but getting the clearance from finance is difficult,” one student, who requested anonymity, told Parrots Media. “They use an old-fashioned system. In this digital age, why are students forced to queue for hours — even days — to prove they’ve paid fees already deposited in the bank?”
The clearance system, which is not automated, requires students to pay tuition through the bank and then present bank slips to the finance office, which issues paper-based ledgers. During exam periods, this outdated process leads to overcrowded queues and desperate measures by students.
Some, particularly non-residents who commute from distant or unsafe areas such as Nabutiito, Kibati, Nsambya Kirombe, Kikuuba Mutwe, Kitalanga, Lukuli Nganda, Kiwempe, and Makindye, say they are forced to arrive at the finance office in the middle of the night to secure a spot in line.
“For us girls, we risk being raped or murdered along the way, yet we have to be here early and be in the line,” one female student said, visibly shaken.
Despite the serious allegations and video evidence circulating widely, the KIU administration has yet to issue an official statement on the matter. The silence has further enraged students and concerned observers, who are demanding urgent reforms and accountability from the university leadership.
Calls for investigations into the incident are growing, with students, parents, and human rights activists urging the Ministry of Education and other relevant authorities to step in and end what they describe as “a culture of administrative violence and neglect.”
