According to a list released by the LDC Admissions Board, out of the 632 admitted on the Bar Course, 206 are from UCU. Makerere University secured 190 slots followed by the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) with 39. Kampala International University sent 18 students while Nkumba University had 10. Uganda Pentecostal University, Fort Portal (UPU) has nine.
Approximately 478 students are fresh applicants while 155 are direct applicants who were either discontinued or opted to pursue the course for legal practice. Out of the 100 places available for government -sponsored students, 44 slots still went to UCU because of its considerable number of eligible applicants.
Makerere secured 40 slots while IUIU got eight. KIU got four places while Nkumba and UPU got two slots each.
LDC Director Elijah Wante said the admissions board had adopted a new criteria which favoured only applicants with second class degrees and above. According to LDC guidelines, only Ugandans are eligible for the 100 government sponsorships slots.

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