Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty primary seven teachers in Nakaseke district have sat examinations to test their competence after their candidates failed Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. According to the PLE results for Nakaseke district, 604 candidates (12.9%) passed in the first division, 2,706 candidates (57.9%) in the second division, 728 …
Read More »Houseboy kidnaps two school girls in Nakaseke
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakaseke District have launched investigations into the suspected kidnap of two female juveniles from Kirangazi village in Ngoma Sub-County. The victims were identified as PhionahTusingwire, 4, and Patience Tarindeka, 5, both pupils at Apex Model Primary School in Nakaseke District. They are believed …
Read More »Nakaseke, Luwero withhold capitation grants for 56 Schools over wrong data
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakaseke and Luwero districts have withheld capitation grants for 56 schools due to inconsistencies in the enrollment data of pupils under Universal Primary Education. In April last year, the Ministry of Education and Sports introduced the re-developed Education Management Information System (EMIS) in both …
Read More »Twenty headteachers in Nakaseke face demotion over poor PLE results
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty headteachers in Nakaseke District are facing demotion due to poor performance of schools in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. Following a recent district council resolution, the headteachers of 20 schools have been summoned to defend themselves next month before a decision to demote …
Read More »Nakaseke residents petition Prime Minister over irregularities in PDM
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 residents of Nakaseke district have petitioned the Prime Minister demanding investigations into the alleged gross mismanagement of the Parish Development Model Programme. In February 2022 President Yoweri Museveni launched the Parish Development Model, a program meant to eradicate poverty through the execution …
Read More »UBL staff plant 5,000 trees in Nakaseke
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 17, Uganda Breweries Limited staff in partnership with Tree Adoption Uganda and the Nakaseke community planted 5,000 trees in Nakaseke district to contribute to environmental sustainability and support the government’s afforestation agenda. The restoration of forests and tree cover by natural regeneration, …
Read More »Sand mining banned in Nakaseke after man found dead in pit
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Nakaseke Sub-County in Nakaseke District have banned sand mining following the discovery of a dead body in one of the sand mines. An unidentified body of a man was found in a sand mine at Luvunvu village in Kasambya Parish on May …
Read More »Nakaseke Magistrate Court grants bail to NUP supporter
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakaseke Magistrate Court has granted bail to the supporter of the National Unity Platform accused of causing grievous harm to the mobilizer for the National Resistance Movement Party. Geoffrey Onzima also known as High Tower a resident of Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District was …
Read More »MP Mayanja’s bodyguard reportedly kidnapped
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Khalid Ssebi, the private bodyguard of Nakaseke Central Member of Parliament (MP), Allan Mayanja Ssebunya. Ssebi’s wife, Kasifa Ocogoru told URN that while sleeping at her home around 2am on Wednesday, her female friend knocked on her door with the …
Read More »NAKASEKE: 21 head teachers in trouble for forging academic papers
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 21 primary school headteachers in Nakaseke district are in trouble for allegedly forging academic papers to obtain promotions. The headteachers are accused of forging Grade 111 certificates, degrees from universities, and certificates of registration from the Ministry of Education and Sports to gain …
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