Delayed funds mess up Kyambogo trainee teachers practice programme

Delayed funds mess up Kyambogo trainee teachers practice programme

 

KAMPALA. The delay to release allowances for Kyambogo University lecturers has deprived student teachers a chance to be supervised during their ongoing teaching practice programme, Daily Monitor has learnt.

Some of the student teachers, who talked to Daily Monitor yesterday, said even since they were posted to various schools across the country last month, none of the supervisors has showed up yet.

“We are totally kept in the dark and don’t know what is going on. We simply hear that electures cannot come because there is no money to facilitate their movement,” said a one of the student teachers only identified as Kenneth. He is among the student teachers posted in  one of the city schools.

“What supervision will they do in a week or two even if they get their allowances tomorrow? ” asked Susan, another aggrieved student teacher .

The government ombudsman is currently investigating top Kyambogo University officials  and among the cases the IGG is investigating includes, the alleged incompetence and corrupt tendencies of some staff in the Academic registrar’s office which has left various faculties at the University  operate without teaching materials for over a year  and denying  students identify cards for three years. Last month , students  at the  University staged a strike protesting delays by the institution to issue them with IDs yet they paid Shs 15,000 each at the time of registration. In 2010, the University procured a machine to print both staff and students IDs but under unclear circumstances the people who were working in the printer were sacked last year and the university opted for outsourcing a private company to print the IDs.  The investigations followed reports of gross abuse of office and mismanagement of the institution by top university officials. On the other hand, the Auditor General is also investigating the academia largely on mismanagement and procurement at the institution since 2008, after a request by Parliament.

Kyambogo, established a decade ago , has suffered numerous  problems over the past few years

ranging from alleged incompetence of some staff to corruption to conflict of interest, intrigue and abuse of public property but surprisingly, the same problems continue to haunt the institution ever when changes are made in top management.

Most of these problems have been blamed on leadership wrangles that characterised the institution until early this year when Katunguka was appointed acting vice chancellor

Before Katunguka took over, there was a standoff between the institution’s staff and former vice-chancellor Prof. Isaiah Ndiege that paralysed the institution. The university administration is still under investigation by both the Inspector General of Government and the Auditor General .

 

 

 

Muslim factions welcome call for mediation, City cleric spearheads process

Muslim factions welcome call for mediation

City cleric spearheads process

 

KAMPALA. The two warring Muslim factions have welcomed an initiative by a city cleric Imam Idd Kasozi to mediate in a power struggle that has dogged the top Muslim leadership for eight years.

Speaking to Daily Monitor in separate interviews yesterday, both groups expressed readiness to take part in reconciliation talks if called upon.

“We have no problem being together if our brothers admit that they did a mistake and we move on. It has always been our wish and if there is any effort to achieve that, we welcome it ,” said Hajj Muhammad Kisambira , the secretary general for the Kibuli-based faction .

Hajj Nsereko Mutumba, the spokesperson Uganda Muslim Supreme Council said, his boss Mufti Sheikh Shaban Mubajje has already extended an olive branch to his rivals, and they were only waiting for that day to see them back under one fold.

“Our door has always been open and that is the reason why these days we attend even their events when invited,” he said

However, Kisambira said, they were skeptical on whether the Old Kampala group will respect reconciliation having failed several attempts in the recent past to resolve the conflict through talks.

“Basing on the experience, we doubt whether he [Sheikh Mubajje] will keep his word this time round. Several people  including the Saudi Ambassador to Uganda have tried to mediate between us but he seems not interested ”he said

“Before the controversial UMSC elections of 2012, he had also initiated talks with us through Dr. Ahmed Kisuule(Uganda’s Ambassador to Iran). The two groups appointed their members and talks began .Just as they were about to complete the exercise, the Mubajje team abandoned the talks without justification and went ahead to conduct elections unilaterally.” He added

Mutumba said all that could have occurred because both groups did not trust each other then.

“Let us build our reconciliation on trust and forget the misconceptions and that led to the collapse of earlier talks, ”he said

During the burial of former Masaka District Khadi Sheikh Huzairu Kiruta recently, Mubajje said he didn’t know that his death could bring them together and asked whoever was willing to reconcile them to come up. This is what seems to have energized Imam Kasozi to take up the task.

“Some people have been asking whether I am the right person to do that, I say yes! ,I am knowledgeable about Islamic issues and am a victim of Muslim disunity because my father dead as a result of fights in the community ,” he said yesterday

Imam Kasozi is the vice chairperson of Uganda Muslim Youth Assembly and a lecturer at Islamic University in Uganda.

He said he will only spearhead the reconciliation process, but experts in conflict resolution like Dr Khalid Lubega will be the key mediator.

“He[ Lubega ] has offered to take time off his busy schedule and will be in the country next week to kick start the process.” He said

Dr Lubega is the chair board of directors- Negotiation and Reconciliation Institute but currently living  in the US.

Mubajje has been under fire since 2006 when a section of Muslims accused him of fraudulently disposing community property in Kampala.

The conflict ended up in court, with Mubajje and others top UMSC officials facing criminal charges.

They were acquitted by court but the anti-Mubajje faction rejected the ruling, saying the magistrate’s pronouncement   that Mubajje lied in the property dealings disqualifies him to lead the Muslim faith and they  responded by electing a rival Mufti, Sheik Zubair Kayongo, at Kibuli. Since then both rivaling groups have clashed over management of mosques across the country which raised concern within the security circles.

Mubajje has severally dismissed the rival Muslims as an illegitimate and unconstitutional group that lacks moral standing. He insists his opponents are opportunists who are using the sale of Muslim property as an excuse to bring him down. He says the same group has always been opposed to his election as Mufti since the first day of his administration in 2000.

 

 

Govt warns nursing students on storage of science equipment

 

 

KAMPALA. Government has warned nursing and midwifery students against careless handling of science equipment which make them damaged and dysfunctional.

Ms Elizabeth Gabona, the director Higher Education said many health teaching institutions still have ill-equipped skills laboratories not because government doesn’t purchase equipment but reckless students are to blame for damaging the equipment soon after they are procured.

“We have for long suffered criticism over ill-equipped laboratories in health teaching institutions yet we played our role as government.  It is just because what we install is not properly managed and students are partly to blame for damaging the equipment, forgetting that they  cost colossal sum of money,” she said

Ms Gabona issued the warning last Friday while handling over skills laboratory equipment to 12 midwifery training institutions at Kyambogo Public Health Nurses College.

These  include ;skills lab equipment such as anatomical models that students  use for demonstrations  before starting working on real patients, delivery kits, diagnostic kits and delivery beds as well as caesarian section sets .The beneficiary nursing and midwifery training  institutions include, Lacor, Kibuli ,Jinja, Mulago,Kyambogo Public Health Nurses College , Matany,Kabale .Others are ; Soroti ,Virika,Lira,Kagando and Arua.

Matany ,which is locate in Karamoja ,in a special way also received a 26-seater bus to boost  the domiciliary midwifery training programme in the region  as well as supporting  transportation of students to placements at health facilities . Both the equipment and a bus, all worth Shs 330million, were donated by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Ms Gabona applauded  UNFPA for the donation, saying it will go a long way in improving the quality of midwifery training in the country.

However, Dr Wilfred Ocham , the  UNFPA assistant country representative said although efforts have been made to fully equip nursing schools , more robust interventions are needed to improve midwifery education. He noted that the current tutor student ratio was very much below the acceptable standards to give adequate interaction between the tutor and each student so as to meet the learning need of students.

“ We need to emphasise interventions to strengthen human resources of the training schools, update the curriculum so that it meets the midwifery care needs of Ugandans,” he said

Uganda is reportedly losing at least 1,400 skilled professionals mostly doctors and nurses  each year who leave the country seeking  greener pasture.

The nurse to population ratio currently stands at 1:5,000; and the midwife-to-population ratio is 1:10,000. The ratios vary widely between districts.

Dr Ocham pledged that his organisation will work with government to complete the review of the midwifery curriculum as well as training more tutors .

“ We are working to train more tutors to add on the 21 who are already undertaking the Bachelor of Medical Education at Mulago Tutors College and hope that government though public service will ensure that these tutors are absorbed into service immediately they qualify ,” he said

At least 50 heath tutors are churned out of the Health Tutors College annually to teach in the 54 nursing schools and 32 allied health institutions.

Although the recommended tutor to student ratio in nursing schools is 1:20, in many missionary and public nursing schools it stands at 1:60 and 1:120 respectively. Recently, Ministry of Health technocrats reported a staggering short shortfall of 2,290 nurses in government hospitals alone. There are only 29,000 medical personnel in a country of 33million people, which has constrained efforts to ensure service delivery.

 

 

 

What education experts think of UCE reports

What education experts think of UCE reports

KAMPALA. Education expert have weighed in on the just released UCE results, many attributing the declined performance, particularly of  traditional schools on drilling students to pass exams rather than offering holistic education which involves co-curricular activities and imparting good morals.

The experts argue that many schools today no longer teach students to understand the real concepts in subjects   but only prepare them to simply pass examinations .They say, a few that have managed to stay on top over the years, have strong old students and parents associations that help to track performance of candidates and monitor general operations of the schools.

 “Liberation of education was done but it came with challenges that stakeholders need to address rather than paying a deaf ear,” says Mr Isa Matovu ,an education analyst .

“We need to rethink  and redesign  our education system  and people must  know that passing exams is not the only benchmark to assess whether a learner  has attained the required competences or not .There should be  continuous assessments but many schools no longer consider this ,” he adds

Mr Matovu says some schools also have an edge of others because they have invested heavily in motivating their teachers as well as putting up necessary facilities like well stocked libraries and science laboratories.

“If teachers can spend months without pay, what results can they produce? . Their colleagues in private schools rarely face such challenges because the institutions they serve have the financial capacity to give them incentives,” he says

The school ranking done by this newspaper showed that many traditional schools have almost sunk into oblivion, with new private schools dominating the list of the 50 best-performing schools .This ranking was based on each school’s performance in Division One, in comparison to the total number of candidates, who sat exams at the school in 2013. 

Uneb executive secretary, Mathew Bukenya also raised the same concerns during the release of the results Tuesday , saying for the case of English subject , many teachers encourage students to cram passages and reproduce the same irrelevantly in answering English composition questions.

“ There is evidence that the use of prescribed text books in teaching are being avoided by many teachers in preference to the pamphlets and during practical tests , many looked like  they were seeing the equipment for the first time considering the way they were handling them  ,” he said

Mr Patrick Kaboyo ,the executive director the  Coalition of  Uganda Private School Teachers Association  says government’s indecision about offering attractive incentives to teachers, lack of precision and focus on a defined quality assurance framework for all secondary schools are  the major reasons why performance of many public institutions has declined . “Overall, we have harvested failures because we chose to ignore the teachers demands during the strike and more failures should be expected if the status quo remains,” he says  

However , he concurs with Mr Bukenya that many teachers ,especially those handling science subjects still find difficulties in passing on the knowledge to the learners . “Practical teaching of science must begin right from kindergarten and not secondary school. Even us, the teachers need to vary our pedagorical approach [methods of teaching facts and knowledge to learners as a way of promoting science education]”.he says

An analysis of results shows that performance of private schools was relatively better than public schools, including those not implementing free education programme. A total of  1,194 schools countrywide fell below the 50 per cent mark ranked on the basis of Division One scores. 384 registered a single percentage point while 1,036 schools failed to get a single Division One student.

For example , out of the 241 candidates at Mary Hill High School ,none got eight aggregates in best done eight subjects as the best had 14 aggregates  while at Ntare School ,their best candidate had 10 aggregates .The situation was no different at King’s College ,Budo where only two candidates ,out of 257 candidates managed to score 8 aggregates .But at London College of St Lawrence, which is private,  all the 55 (100 percent)candidates   passed    in Division One and at St. Mary’s Kitende   ,out of the 421 who sat, 408 passed in Division One .The same impressive results were recorded at Merry land High School, Entebbe where out of the 88 candidates  who sat ,84  passed in Division One . But Mr Erisam Kanyerezi , the director of studies at King’s College,Budo says he has been tracking performance of O’level candidates  in traditional schools over the past decade  and their performance has not been good compared to new private schools. Mr Kanyerezi, who also doubles as a senior Uneb examiner attributes the problem to  many subjects offered at lower secondary .

“ Unlike primary or advanced level where candidates study a few subjects, at lower secondary there are many subjects and students usually find it had to balance them,”  he says , adding “ But our experience  has shown that when they move to Senior Five ,they score higher grades and many usually scoop government scholarships at university .”

Government is currently reviewing the curriculum at lower secondary that will see subjects  scrapped and replaced with seven ‘learning areas’ .These include; technology and enterprise, creative arts, mathematics, science,  languages, social studies and life education. Students will also get generic skills to test among others; their problem-solving and decision –making abilities, communication, social, inter-personal and investigative skills.

Currently, 32 subjects are offered at O-Level but students can make a choice of up to eight or ten

But Matovu says reviewing of the curriculum for O’level is long overdue ,adding that it is overload, outdated and does not adequately address contemporary demands of the job market.

For instance, he  adds, students during physics lessons are taught about vacuum tubes, yet the technology has since been phased out in electronics. In Geography lessons, the students are still learning about the Tennessee Valley Authority in its form of 1980s .

“ The designers of the revised curriculum  must try and reduce  the width and scope of the learning areas to allow the students  understand the concepts taught rather than crapping like it is today ,” he says However , the fears that the curriculum may not be implemented to the letter because of inadequate availability of competent teachers to pass on the required skills to the learners . A decade after Uganda acquired independence , government then changed the science syllabus from the traditional one to a new system called School Science Project( SSP). The intention then, as today, was that SSP was more practical .SSP covered biology ,physics and chemistry but the project collapsed in most schools because there were  no adequately trained teachers. The government of the day(1971-79) failed  to adquently  equip schools with the necessary laboratory equipment from several schools reverted t the old syllabus

Of the 289012 candidates who sat, 261438 passed in Division One to Division Four . A total of 50,549 candidates completely failed the exams  and will not get certificate .

Trade Union movement: A good cause betrayed by self –seekers

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Trade Union movement: A good cause betrayed by self –seekers

Trade Union movement: A good cause betrayed by self –seekers

AL-MAHDI SSENKABIRWA

KAMPALA. Mr Paul Oketch  (not real name ) ,45 a worker at one of the Sugar manufacturing factories joined the labour union 10 years ago to enjoy  the benefits  of being unionized ( being protected from unfair practices such as poor pay and working conditions and  fair compensation in case he  becomes incapacitated or leaves the organisation ) .But for Oketch ,he has instead suffered  the worst like other workers who are not unionized .

He says, the union leaders who would have helped them fight exploitation of man by man they instead connive with the employers to make life harder for them. Mr Oketch says their plan to withdraw from the union, which deducts 3 percent of their monthly salary to facilitate its activities have also been frustrated by both the employer and union leaders.

“We are between a rock and a hard place and our leaders are simply there to amass wealth for themselves yet ordinary workers are suffering,” says Mr Oketch adding. “I even find no justification of deducting 3 percent from my monthly salary to facilitate a union which doesn’t help me .This is broad day thuggery!”

All unionized workers on sugar and tea plantations scribe to National Union of Plantation and Agricultural Workers of Uganda (NUPAW). But Mr Brono Pajobo, the secretary general NUPAWU says some union members speak ill of their leaders because the latter defeated them   in    elections. “We are making some visible strides but the people who accuse us of corruption, nonperformance have personal vendettas against some of us and we are unmoved by their allegations.”he says

  Mr Oketch is not alone in this boat. Thousands of workers whether unionized or not are silently being oppressed at work places but they fail to speak out because they are threatened with sacking by their employers .Despite their failure to safeguard the rights of workers, unions are also rocked by corruption and internal bickering which have crippled their normal operations thus failing them make a case for an estimated 300,000 civil servants and 11million private sector employees. Consequently, this has led to splinter groups that are defeating the desired teamwork spirit.

The Central Organisation of Free Trade Unions (Coftu) broke off from National Orgnasation in the run –up to the 2006 elections, following elections in NOTU in which Workers MP Dr Sam Lyomoku and Mr Christopher Kahirita emerged losers.

Later, the Confederation of Labour Unions (Colu) was also created by disgruntled unionists following another election in notu which was reportedly marred by irregularities and threw out the maverick former vice chairperson Irene Kaboole .This has deeply affected operations at lower level unions thus suppressing efforts to mobilise and recruit new members to effectively defend workers’ rights. At one point, Notu pushed for the deregistering of some unions under Coftu ; claiming that they were ‘a duplication’ of already existing ones under its fold. On top of internal bickering, unions are also dogged by massive corruption which has eaten deep into the “bone marrows” of many unions with leaders conniving with employers to suffocate the interests of workers.

“Some unions are employers unions not workers unions .How can you be entrusted with powers to fight for workers rights and instead take advantage of the disadvantaged (workers) to achieve your selfish interests?.I recently opened a war against such individuals and we shall get rid of such characters,” says Mr Stephen Baraza, One of labour unionist activities and general secretary Uganda Horticultural, Industrial, Service Providers and Allied Workers Union. He says it was worthless to celebrate the annual Labour Day when helpless workers are still being oppressed like it was before unions came in place. What is perplexing is that the little visible success by the labour movement one can talk of  today was actually registered between the mid 1960s and 1980s where union leaders then pressed government to introduce maternity leave, which was declared in 1968 after convincing president Idi  Amin to comply with  International Labour Organisation Convention on  Maternity Leave, which was provided for 45 days in 1972. They also advocated for creation of National Social Security Fund in April 1968 and Shs6, 000 per month as minimum wage in 1984.

But Dr Lyomoki , who is also Coftu  general secretary  says despite having internal bickering the current  labour movement leadership has  tried to deem its  image locally and internationally .

“As brothers of the same family, such misunderstands are inevitable but we believe in solidarity and it is through this that we have managed to achieve something,” he says

He cites the enactment of the National Employment Policy, securing workers’ representation on the National Social Security Fund board, and improving awareness about workers’ rights as some of the achievements they have registered.

“I don’t really think that there is any employer today who doesn’t know that mistreating workers is bad .We have done our part and what is lacking is taking action,” he says

He says the labour movement currently boasts of at least 1.3 million members up from 500 people, 10 years ago. Despite challenges still dogging the Ugadan labour movement , there is still room for   unions leaders to  redeem their  image by  borrowing a  leaf from their counter parties in South Africa ,Zimbabwe where unions truly  serve  the voiceless workers and this  has seen many of them raise from the shocking slave wages inherited from the exploitative colonial labour system .

Sidebar information:

Global trends indicate that the decline of trade unions is partly a reflection of how multinationals and financial institutions like World Bank and the International Monetary Fund impose conditions that render them useless. For Instance , since the 1980 when structural adjustment programmes were recommended for most developing countries ,part of the conditionality has included contractual placements in their labour markets which offer no chance for workers to become unionized . Therefore many still suffer under the rigid framework of Export Processing Zones ,which are controlled by multinationals that offer unfavouarable contracts shutting out labour unions .Such corporations are exempted from local employer legislation .Unfortunately , these governments readily turn a blind a eye to the horrible conditions in sweat shops created for mass production ,in the name of inviting foreign investors to create employment .

Things that still affect the Ugandan workers:

-Abusive language by Managers.
- Deductions on workers’ salaries for minor offences without their consent.

-Employers deducting NSSF savings without remitting it to the Fund
-Violation of collective agreements and labour laws by management.

-Absence of minimum wage to protect workers from exploitation.

- Unfair termination of services.

- Delay in solving grievance cases

-Lack of an industrial court which has denied complainants an effective remedy for labour related cases 
-Obsolete terms and condition of services.

-Lowing the age of at which NSSF beneficiaries start receiving pension on attaining the age of 50 years for those who are unemployed and 55 years if employed

Schools raise Senior One fees as reporting date nears

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Schools raise Senior One fees as reporting date nears

Schools raise Senior One

fees as reporting date nears

KAMPALA. Parents across the country will have to dig deeper into their pockets after several schools announced increments in Senior One school fees for the new   term to cater for the rising cost of food and other commodities.

Many schools say the increasing cost of school necessities; especially food prices have prompted the adjustments.

The fees adjustments vary in the different schools from Shs15,000 to Shs50,000 while others made an increment of Shs100,000. For example, Teso College  - Aloet

, each fresh Senior One  student will pay Shs800,000 this  term ,down from  Shs750,000 the school charged last year, indicating a Shs 50,000 increment, while Primary Seven leavers joining  Gayaza High School, are required to report with Shs1.2m from Shs1m paid last year , an increment of Shs200,000.

The increase in fees in not only felt in secondary schools; even primary ones have done the same. For example, A Primary One entrant at Budo Junior School will pay Shs1.3million while St. Savio Primary School in Kisubi is charging Shs2.7million including other requirements.

According to Mr Micheal  Mpiima, the head teacher at Ssaku SS –Wobulenzi, the exorbitant extra  fees are meant to cater for  increasing costs of uniform and other essential utilities like electricity. “The cost of commodities usually determines what we charge and we cannot do much about it, ”he said.

 

Prices of scholastic materials like chalk, paper and food (posh) usually go up whenever the new term is about to open due to high demand in schools but supply remains static.  A kilogramme of beans goes for Shs1800, up  from Shs1600 last year.

However, Mr Ali Sserugo, the head teacher Kinaawa High School-Kyengera said they had maintained last year’s fees of Shs730,000 for Senior Ones due to the bad economic environment in the country.

“We would have wished to increase our fees like other colleagues but the community we serve is poor and they have to take their children to school. If our   government can subsidise some of essential school items, there will be no justification for fees increment in schools where it has occurred,” he said

Mr Francis Agula, the commissioner government secondary schools said: “We (education ministry) put in place a guideline whenever a school wants to increase schools fees must write to us. Most schools are in budgetary process and they will write to us to approve their fees. Senior One and five fees normally looks high because of uniforms, sport wares,” Mr Agula said.

He also blamed parents who don’t attend school budgetary meetings to have an input in the process.

With the increase in fees coupled with projected stiff cutoff point in top schools, parents are likely to face a difficult time in securing placements where they put their first choice.

The government has always warned schools against raising fees before they get clearance from the Education ministry, but very few seek such authorisation.

 Of the 582,085 candidates who sat for 2013 PLE, a total of 498,839 are eligible to join Senior One down from 480,067 in 2012 .But this will happen after the selection exercise slated for February 7-8 at Wonder World Amusement Park, Kansanga in Kampala where schools choose which number of students they will take considering the capacity of the facilities they have. Senior One entrants report on February 24.

Fees at selected schools

Dr Obote College,Boroboro

From Shs 650,000 last year to Shs700,000

Gayaza High School

From Shs1m last year to Shs1.2m

Teso  College, Eloet

From Shs 700,000 to  Shs 800,000

St Mary’s College-Kisubi

Shs 1.3million

Merry Land High Sch

Shs 755,000

Kitende SS

Shs 550,000

Ntare School-Mbarara

Shs 1.3m from Shs 1.260,000 last year

Masaka SS

Shs 735,000  from Shs725,000 last year    

Kings College,Budo

Senior One fees: Shs830,000

Gombe SS –Butambala

Fees for Senior One entrants: Shs1million

St. Henry’s College-Kitovu

Shs900,00 from Shs 850,000

Kyambogo College

Shs 401,400

Ndejje SS

Shs 1.5million

Namirembe Hillside

Shs1million

Deluxe International School –Lweza

$2600 ( about Shs 6.5m)

Kinaawa High School

Shs 730,000

Nabumali High School

Senior One fees : Shs750,000

Gombe SS

Shs 1million

Budini SS

Shs 700,000

Maryhill High School-Mbarara

Fees for Senior One entrants: Shs890, 000

Kisibi Seminary

Senior One fees : Shs 700,000

Kitante High School

Senior One fees : Shs 400,000

Bishop Cipriano  Kihangire School

Senior One fees: Shs700,000

St Mary’s College-Kisubi

Senior One fees: 1.8million

Trinity College, Nabbingo

Senior One fees: Shs780,000

Kyambogo College School

Fees for Senior One entrants: Shs 355,000

Deluxe International School –Lweza

Year 8 entrants: $2420 (about  Shs 6.4million)

  

Mengo Senior Schools

Senior One fees: Shs 658,500

Kawempe Muslim SS

School One fees: Shs I million 

Makerere College School

School One fees: Shs 658,500

Muntuyera High School Kitunga- Ntungamo

Senior One fees : Shs 800,000

Busoga college Mwiri

Senior One fees: Shs900 000

Bweranyangi Girls SS- Bushenyi

Senior One fees : Shs800,000

Namilyago College:

Senior One fees and other school necessities: Shs I million

St Henry’s College ,Kitovu

Senior One fees: Shs704,000 and adding  costs of other basic school requirements it might climb to Shs 900,000

Mbarara High School-Mbarara

Senior One fees : Shs 1million 

Continuing students : Shs 700,000

Kiira College,Butiki

Senior One fees : Sh614 000

Kabale Secondary School-Kabale

Senior One fees : Shs 77,500.

Jinja Progressive Academy

Senior One fees: Sh235 000 (day scholars) , Shs487, 000(  boarding section).

St Michael International School, Wakiso

Senior One fees: Shs300,000( day) , Shs 520,000(boarding )

St. Augustine’s College-Wakiso

Senior One fees: Shs400,000 (day), Shs 700,000(boarding )  

St Joseph’s College, Layibi

Senior One Fees : Shs680, 000

St Leo’s ,Kyegobe

Senior One Fees : Shs 700,000

London College-Nansana

Senior One fees: 260,000(day) ,Shs 600,000(boarding)

Bukoyo SS

Senior One fees :  Sh580 000

Bweyogerere SS

Senior One fees: 120,000( day), Shs350,000 (boarding )

St Peters Nsambya

Senior One fees :  456000 (Day), Shs780,000 (boarding)

Uganda Martyrs College, Sonde

Senior One fees : Shs550,000(boarding), Shs Shs252,500(day)

Blessed Sacrament Secondary School

Senior One fees: Shs190,000(day scholars), Shs 396,000 ( boarders)

 Sir Samuel Baker School

Senior One fees : Sh350,000

M M College, Wairaka

Senior One fees : Sh485,000

Kitgum High School,

Senior One fees : Shs310, 000

Bwongyera Girls ,Ntungamo

Senior One fees : Shs 508,000

Bukandula College, Gomba

Senior One fees: 300,000

 Y.Y Okot Memorial College

Senior One fees : Shs250, 000 including school uniform.

Kyebambe Girls School

Senior One fees : Shs 660,000.

Nyakasura School

Senior One fees: Shs 700,000 including all school requirements

King Faisal Islamic SS-Mityana

Senior One fees Shs 247,000 (boarding ) ,Shs90,000 (day)

Mbogo Mixed SS

Senior One  fees: Shs552,000

Christ the King SS Bulinda-Kalisizo

Senior One entrants: Shs800, 000.

Iganga SS

Senior One fees : Shs500 000

Rubaga Girls

Senior One fees: Shs 770,000

Mityana SS

Senior One fees: Shs 190,000(day), Shs385, 000(boarding)

Other school requirements, Shs 500,000

Kawanda SS

Senior One fees: Shs500, 000 (boarding) ,Shs250,000( day)

Uganda Martyrs –Namugongo

Senior One fees: Shs830, 000

Kasawo Islamic School

Senior One fees: Shs 120,000 (day) ,Shs 300,000( boarding)

St. Elizabeth SS-Nkoowe

Senior One fees : Shs 132,500(day) ,Shs Shs452,000( boarding)

Mbogo High Sch-Kawempe

Senior One fees: Shs740,000

St Charles Lwanga Kasasa SS

Senior One fees: Shs567, 000

Kakungulu Memorial SS

Senior One fees: Shs 750,000

Our Lady of Pilgrims Bukulula Girls

Senior One fees: Shs380,000

Mityana SS

Senior One fees: Shs190,000(day),Shs385,000 (boarding )

Drama as councilors vote out Lukwago

Drama as councilors vote out Lukwago

NOV. 25 ,2013

Drama as councilors vote out Lukwago

   

KAMPALA. Controversy and drama yesterday rocked  the process to kick out city lord mayor Erias Lukwago who was eventually impeached by a 29 -3 majority vote .

Despite an early morning court order by High Court Registrar  Fred Waninda halting the process , Kampala Minister Frank Tumwebaze who called the meeting an hour earlier than scheduled  ,went ahead and asked the councilors to vote on the matter .

Three  councils- Sulaiman Kidandala (deputy lord mayor) ,Shifrah Lukwago(DP) and Aidah Nakuya(NRM)voted against the motion .Joseph Mujuzi Lwanga abstained while Bumali Mpindi was absent with apology .

The voting which lasted for about 10 minutes was done by a show of hands .The meeting took 30minutes and out of the seven items on the agenda, five were tackled. The two items that  were ignored included; discussing the tribunal report and a brief from the lord mayor or his representative.

The motion to kick out Lukwago was moved by Baker Sserwamba (NRM)and seconded by Hawa Ndege Namugenyi (FDC) ,Adam Kasiim Kyazze(NRM) and Joyce Achan(NRM). Most of the councilors entered city hall as early as 7am and by 8:45am when the meeting started ,majority were already in their seats .

However, drama erupted in the middle of the council proceedings when councilor leaped up and demanded to make  a point of order  but the minister ignored it .This prompted councilor Allan Ssewanyana Ssewanyana  to shout ‘order’ , ‘order’  to draw the attention of Tumwebaze that there was   a court injunction restraining council from impeaching Lukwago . Ssewanyana lost his cool and moved in front where Tumwebaze was seat and stepped on the table in protest .As a way of trying to restore  order in the council hall, plain-clothed security operatives pounced on Ssewanyana and in the process, the latter sustained injuries on his neck. Kidandala later moved a point of procedure which was granted and read the court order .But  Tumwebaze still ignored this saying , though the court order was signed it had no official seal  “ As far as I know , there is no court order ,” the minister told the meeting . Tumwabaze said after the voting that Lukwago had 21 days to challenge the verdict.

“ At times it is hard to take hard decisions but it could be an order. I appeal to you (councilors ) to guide this legal process. I will seek guidance from the Attorney General for the next course of action .I thank you very much. The assembly is closed ,” he said

Outside the council hall, more drama was also unfolding at the main entrance. Here, Lukwago’ lawyer Abdullah Kiwanuka who was armed with another copy of the court order tried to fight his way into the council hall  but Police officers with the help of plain clothed security operatives under the command of Police boss for Kampala Metropolitan- South James Ruhweza blocked him. He made two more attempts –but all failed. “Kill me if you want but I am here to serve the minister with a court order ,” Kiwanuka shouted as four plain clothed security operatives pounced on him and confiscated the court order. In the ensuing melee ,Kiwanuka’s shirt got torn as security  operatives carried him around City hall compound and later bundled him unto a waiting police pick-up truck  at the main gate. A police officer only identified as Ntugwa  said Kiwanuka was blocked on account that he “could cause chaos” in the hall.

“ If we tell you to wait ,you have to wait .Delivering a court order is not an emergency .Wait for just five minutes,” he said

“ It is quite absurd   that all has been done in total disregard of  the law . We are ex- officio members of this Authority council but hooligans have hijacked the whole process and denied us access,”   said Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebaggala who was in the company of Ken Lukyamuzi (Rubaga South)and Ssebuliba Mutumba(Kawempe South). A section of journalists who were accredited to cover the meeting but were deemed to be ‘unfriendly’ were also blocked.

Despite having police escorts, anti-Lukwago councilors failed to leave city hall and by press time they were still in the council hall

List of councilors who supported motion to kick out Lukwago:

Daudi Lwanga (NRM)

Baker SSerwamba (NRM)

 Sarah Muwayire (NRM)

Emmy Barbirye(NRM)

Apollo Mugume (NRM)

Daria Nanyange (NRM)

Joyce Achan(NRM)

Hope Tumushabe (NRM)

 Adam Kasiim Kyazze (NRM)

Elijah Owobusingye (NRM)

Madinah Nsereko (NRM)

Hamidah Namukasa (NRM)

 Bernard Luyiga(DP)

John Muwanguzi  (NRM)

Margret  Tumwesigye (NRM)

Adam Kibuuka (NRM)

Godfrey Asiimwe (NRM)

Alfred Ntambazi (NRM)

Bruhan Byaruhanga (Independent)

Verna Mwinganisa Mbabazi(Independent )

Eng.Karuma Kagyina(Independent )

Dr Denson Nyabwana (Independent )

Frank Kanduho(Independent)

Angella Kigonya(DP)

Zahara Luyirika (DP)

Margret Kikyowa (DP)

Henry Lukwago (FDC)

Hawa Ndege Namugenyi(FDC)

Votes against motion

1- Aidah Nakuya(NRM)

2- Sulaiman Kidandala(DP)

3- Shifrah Lukwago(DP)

 1-Joseph Mujuzi Lwanga(DP)(abstained due to ill health )

Absent :

1-Allan Ssewanyana (independent) (locked out over alleged misconduct)

2-Mpindi Bumali (NRM)(absent with apology)