What transpired in UNSA General meeting?
Bukuri Kakooza
The 26th Uganda National Students Association annual General meeting started on Monday 26th January 2014 with the registration and arrival of the delegates across the country at Teso College, Aloet soroti District in Teso sub-region.                              Over 500 delegates from different higher institutions of learning and some few from selected secondary schools across the country were registered.
National students Council discusses issues affecting students and elects new leaders. Last year’s council were held at St Augustine University Mbuga opened by then premier Amama Mbabazi. Every University and tertiary institution is expected to send 3 representatives mainly Guild president, Speaker, and women affairs secretary. Every district is also expected to send 3 representatives, Chairman, speaker and gender secretary.
The delegates were frustrated by lack of rooms to sleep in whereby 10 delegates used to sleep in one room even without circuits for charging.
 For the first time in 11years the council was officially opened by President Museveni who is also the Patron of the Association on Tuesday 27th 2014 at 10am, he first re-corganised the National NRM vice chairman for eastern region Hon Capt. Mike Mukula and then thanked the student leaders for being organised and promised to support UNSA activities as longer as the students  remains  focused and don’t follow people with pseudo information who are misleading the population “I like organised people like you”. Museveni said.
In attendance was also Minister of Education and Sports Hon Jesca Alupo, Lt. Col Henry Masiko Commissioner , Patriotism Secretariat Office of the President ,who presented a paper on the Highlights of the students movement and prospects for a more patriotic and Democratic UNSA , Mr .Mondo Kyateka Ass. Commissioner for youth and children affairs , Ministry of Gender , Labour and social development who also presented a paper on Unlocking youth potential through wealth creation for sustainable development: a remedy for unemployment.
The high seat of the Presidency was highly contested by three candidates Nagenjwa Sharon from Uganda Christian University (UCU) , who was independent, Mulundu Edgar Wandwasi from Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) on NRM ticket and Lillian Aber from Makerere University also independent but mainly supported by FDC.
The nominations and Elections was held on Thursday 29th early in the morning and ended on Friday morning at 6:44am whereby Lillian Aber merged the winner with 137 votes followed by Mulundi Edgar Wanwasi ,  Nagenjwa Sharon respectively .
Lillian Aber is going to succeed Hon Matadah Abubakar from Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) at a handover ceremony on 14th February 2015.