Police in Uganda have arrested a lecturer at the country’s leading Makerere University for alleged physical assault.
Bernard Wandera of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences is being investigated for allegedly slapping a female student in a lecture hall last Friday.
It is reported that the student was among a group that kept interrupting the lecturer by talking while he was teaching.
A video of the incident has been widely shared online and Makerere has suspended the lecturer.
In a clip shared by police
, a man is seen on one end of a lecture room slapping a young woman several times and yelling at her.
“We firmly condemn the instructor’s conduct because it goes against several university policies. The conduct of the faculty is unacceptable and portrays an abuse of authority entrusted to him to nurture and guide students as they pursue knowledge at our great university,” the university said in a tweet
on Saturday.
Mr Wandera is yet to be produced in court and has not commented on the allegations.
In the past, Makerere, the oldest and largest university in Uganda, has been in the spotlight over sexual harassment and “sex for marks” allegations.
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