Last week, a group of Makerere students launched a fundraising drive, under their charity organisation, Makutano to raise Shs 11,343,000 to renovate the university police station.
According to the Makutano founding director, Marvin Saasi, they plan to raise this money before September when renovations will commence.
The station’s ramshackle toilet building, located near the students’ guild office, was built in the 1940s. Makutano hope that the move will foster good relations between the public and the police.
The amount of money includes the cost of re-painting the police station, carrying out plumbing works and constructing a new toilet for the officers and their families, as the old one is appalling.
Saasi explains that they plan to appoint a number of their members to whom the public can direct funds, through mobile money platforms and bank accounts, to raise the required funds.
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