Wobulenzi , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wobulenzi Public Primary School in Luweero district is at risk of sale because of failure to service a loan that was marred by irregularities, the LC V chairperson, Erastus Kibirango has revealed. Two weeks ago, Equity Bank announced the takeover of the public primary school over …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bukalasi Secondary School headteacher Milton Nandala Wotunya has been interdicted by the Education and Sports Ministry after allegations of sexual abuse of learners emerged. In a letter dated October 24th written by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education and Sports Ketty Lamaro, …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll from a fire that gutted a dormitory at Kasaana Junior School in Nyendo-Mukungwe Division, Masaka City, has reached four. The incident that happened at 4:00 a.m. also left 11 pupils injured. According to school authorities, the dormitory accommodated 15 children in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has confirmed that two pupils of Kasaana Junior School in, Nyendo-Mukungwe division, Masaka City have died in a fire that burned down a dormitory. The incident that happened at 4:00am also left 11 pupils injured. The dead have been identified as Aloysius Ahebwa and …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is running high among the community surrounding Hill Road Public School in Masaka City because of the impending threats of demolition by claimants of the school land. Sitting on top of Bwala Hill in the Kimanya-Kabonera division, this government-aided school has distinguished itself …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda and AFRIpads have handed over more than 1,200 reusable sanitary pad kits to school girls from Mukono High School to empower them to remain in school. The donation is in response to the need for quality and consistent menstrual products that enable …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police forensics department is still stuck with four bodies of the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School attack by the suspected rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The DNA samples of the four bodies failed to match those provided by the relatives forcing the department to hold …
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Rubirizi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Rubirizi District are investigating circumstances under which a senior four student of St Michael High School, in Rugazi was found dead in the school store. James Rukaijakare, the Headteacher, says that Moses Atukwatse, 18, a resident of Kambiringi cell, Rutoto sub-county was …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to 300 students at Nakanyonyi School Secondary School in Mukono district are battling for their lives due to suspected poisoning. The students are suspected to have eaten food laced with poison Thursday afternoon. According to our reporter in Mukono, the students developed complications …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and residents of Paranga sub-county in Maracha district are advocating for the construction of a secondary school in honor of the late Brig Gad Wilson Toko, a former vice-president during the Tito Okello military junta in 1985. They believe that Toko’s significant …
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