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Nothing but the truth
Police in Luweero district have arrested an enumerator over the theft of a tablet ahead of a census exercise on Thursday. Uganda Bureau of Statistics has deployed 1,532 enumerators and 192 supervisors in Luweero district for the National Population Census scheduled to start on Thursday, May 10, 2024. Each enumerator has been given tablets to record […]
At least eight schools in Luweero district are stuck with hundreds of iron sheets that were donated for renovation and completion of classroom blocks. In October 2023 the Ministry of Luweero Triangle donated iron sheets to 19 Primary schools in Luweero district. According to the Ministry, the donation was in response to daily requests for […]
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has warned the government against dictating on tuition without consulting foundation bodies. Recently, the Ministry of Education and Sports threatened to close schools should they defy government guidelines and increase school fees. The Ministry listed 12 items that the Cabinet banned, which the schools […]
Ten schools in Luweero district are under investigation for blocking health workers from vaccinating learners against yellow fever. The schools on spot include; Mama’s Child Primary School in Wobulenzi town, Bugema Seventh Day Adventist Primary and Secondary Schools, Kisa Primary School, Ristak Primary and Secondary Schools in Busiika town council among others. The Ministry of […]
More than 300 students of Kayindu Secondary School in Luweero district are in panic following an order by the landlord to evict them from their premises. In 1982, residents established Kayindu Secondary School as a community school in Kalagala sub-county after getting five acres of land as a donation from David Ssemwogerere. Ssemwogerere acquired the […]
Parents and leaders in Luweero have piled pressure on headteachers after the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) withheld results for 57 candidates in the district over suspected involvement in malpractices. According to UNEB, results for Luweero, at least 1,622 (11.4%) passed in the First Division, 7174 (50.4%) passed in the second division, 2,739 (19.2%) in […]
Luweero Chief Administrative Officer has directed five head teachers to refund over sh24m allocated under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) program. It follows the failure of the affected headteachers to account for the funds disbursed under the third and fourth quarters of the 2022/23 financial year for purchasing scholastic materials, facilitating co-curricular activities, and administrative […]
Mukasa the school headteacher is said to have mortgaged the land title of the government school to acquire the loan to buy a plot of land. There is panic among parents and leaders after Wobulenzi Public Primary School in Luweero district was put on sale over failure to repay a loan. In 2019, Richard Mukasa […]
The Luwero Grade One Magistrate court has remanded the director of Kings Palace Primary School in Luweero Town Council over alleged aggravated defilement and child trafficking. Jonah Ssebanenya is accused of allegedly defiling six pupils aged between 13-17 years who were PLE candidates in Primary Seven. Ssebanenya who is also a medical worker at Katuugo […]
Joyce Namigadde the Luweero District Probation Officer says that one of the victims told her office that upon Ssebamanya learning that she had got pregnant after defilement, he “helped” her to procure an abortion. Police in Luweero have arrested a school director over allegations that he defiled six under age girls, all candidates of the […]
