According to Ugandan newspapers, the riots at Makerere University, Uganda's largest university, began after two students were shot dead and another critically injured by a security guard Monday night during a meeting about the current Student Guild elections. 
Kwa mujibu wa magazeti ya Uganda, ghasia katika Chuo Kikuu cha Makerere, chuo kikuu kikubwa zaidi nchini Uganda, zilianza baada ya wanafunzi wawili kupigwa risasi na mmoja kujeruhiwa vibaya na mlinzi wa usalama usiku wa Jumatatu wakati wa mkutano kuhusu uchaguzi wa wanafunzi.