Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Conflicts are escalating between Nakaseke South Member of Parliament and National Unity Platform district party leaders over elections of mobilization committees. Last week, Luttamaguzi convened a meeting at Namilari village in Nakaseke sub-county and presided over elections for mobilization committees where he was elected as …
Read More »Nakaseke students survive accident at Nkumba
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About fifty pupils and nine teachers of Trust Infant School from Nakaseke district survived with minor injuries when a vehicle they’re traveling in hit a State House double cabin pick-up, at Nkumba, the exact spot where a concrete mixer overturned killing an advocate early this …
Read More »17-year-old arrested over illegal possession of firearm
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakaseke District have arrested a 17-year-old boy for illegal possession of a firearm. The suspect is Akhram Yusuf, a resident of Lubaga Division in Kampala. He was arrested on Friday after residents of Mabanga village in Namayumba sub county saw him carrying a …
Read More »Nakaseke parents, leaders on panic over planned withdraw of teachers
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is panic among parents and leaders following a decision by Nakaseke district Authorities to withdraw teachers that they had deployed in community schools. The affected community schools are Bwerampindi, Mityomere, Ngando, Lukumbi, Kimotozi, Natigi, Bulyamusenyu, Butalangu, Keshande, Sekabusolo and Kirangazi primary schools. They were …
Read More »Nakaseke police search for thugs in special hire driver murder
Nakaseke , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakaseke are on the hunt for unknown assailants who are believed to have hired a special hire driver from Wakiso before murdering and dumping his body in Nakaseke. The victim, identified as Serwano Sonny Bamujje, 40, was a special hire driver residing …
Read More »Nakaseke: Chairman maintains pressure on teachers over learners’ performance
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakaseke District Chairman Ignatius Koomu has maintained pressure on teachers and headteachers over the poor performance of learners despite calls to stop the practice. Four headteachers from the district were recently demoted to classroom teachers over the poor performance of their candidates in the Primary …
Read More »No Easter for Nakaseke teachers who sat kids’ exam as they await results
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There will be no celebration over the Easter weekend in the hearts of the Nakaseke teachers who were made to sit the children’s exams to see if they are still fit to hold their jobs, as they will still be anxiously waiting for the results …
Read More »Govt sends team to Nakaseke to investigate teachers ‘exams’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The incident in Nakaseke, where the district chairperson, Ignatius Kiwanuka Koomu subjected primary school teachers to exams, has drawn the attention of Parliament which is calling for government intervention. Under Koomu’s directive, the P.7 mock exam was administered to teachers from schools that …
Read More »Experts question Nakaseke decision to administer mock exams to teachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several education experts have questioned the approach taken by Nakaseke in addressing the poor performance of some schools in the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE). Amidst concerns over poor-performing schools, Ignatius Koomu, the Nakaseke LCV Chairperson, instigated competence tests for primary seven teachers. Koomu, a …
Read More »Lack of national IDs affecting NRM membership update
Many residents say money lenders are holding onto their National Identificiation cards. Nakaseke , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of National IDs has affected the registration and the update of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party register in Nakaseke district. Many residents say money lenders are holding onto …
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