Samuel Bunga, Kwania District Inspector of Schools, who is currently acting as the District Education Officer says the vocational schools are urgently needed in the district to employ the greater percentage of the jobless youth, and that they have already written to the Education Ministry to lobby for technical schools.
Students with cases of drug abuse, romantic affairs and participation in strikes are usually expelled from schools in Uganda as a mechanism of curbing indiscipline.
Bernard Opollot Apollo, Kwania District Deputy Chief Administrative Officer blames the land wrangle on selfish interests by the Anglican church. He said that the district is exploring all avenues to ensure the case is ruled in its favour.
Walter Ocen, Inomo town council LC III Chairperson, says that Inomo primary school which had more than 2,000 pupils currently has only 1,200, and Amambale primary school, which had 1,100 learners currently has only 817 learners.
Odongo Aloysius, the headteacher of Ikwera Girls SS, says that the school has not yet received the bus from the government 16 years after the pledge by the president.
"In accordance with Section F-S Paragraph 14 of the Public Service Standing Orders of Uganda, you are hereby Interdicted from exercising powers and functions of your office as a public officer with effect from the above date for a period of six months to pave the way into the gross misappropriation of public fund," reads the March 23rd 2022 letter.
Omunu reportedly diverted part of the funds to purchase a vehicle worth Shillings 172 million and spent an additional Shillings 40million to open a road without authorization from the education ministry.
On Tuesday, only 164 pupils had reported at Goi Primary School in Atongtidi sub-county out of the 756 pupils enrolled. At Chawente Primary School, 186 pupils reported out of 1,555 total enrolments and 11 out of 13 teachers reported.
It is alleged that Andrew Omunu, the District Education Officer diverted 300 Million Shillings that was meant for the supply of desks to primary schools in the financial year 2021/2022 under Sector Conditional Grant (SFG, to pay GOBs Investment Limited, a company that was contracted to construct Aduku Seed Secondary School.
Dubbed “CEMENT COLLECTION DRIVE @30K EVERY BAG OF CEMENT COUNTS”, the drive is aimed at soliciting financial support from all Old Boys-OBs, Old Girls-OBs and well-wishers to revamp the school.
A report prepared by police and local leaders from different health facilities across the district indicates that 5,375 cases were registered from January 2020 up to September 2021.
The schools have only one permanent structure, a number of them were blown off by heavy rain accompanied by strong winds, leaving parents in dilemma should the government go-ahead to reopen schools.
Rev. Ronald Ogwang, the Archdeacon of Aboko Archdeaconry claims that the land in question that originally belonged to Otengoro, Atek and Laki clans was donated to the church in 1956. He said part of the church land measuring 15 acres was subsequently used to establish Aboko Seed Secondary School, which should be under the Anglican Church.
Salim Komakech, the Kwania Resident District Commissioner blames poor performance in the recently concluded PLE to multiple loans and drunkenness by teachers in the district.
