Teachers interdicted over the mis use of UPE cash

Teachers interdicted over the mis use of UPE cash
Kasese
Two Primary Head teachers in Nyakiyumbu Sub-county Kasese district
have been implicated in the mismanagement of Universal Primary
Education fund from government meant to run school activities.

The due include Pascal Kule of St. Matia Mulumba Primary school and
Amon Baluku Muke of Mudongo Primary school were both implicated in the
scandal by the School Management Committee Chairpersons while
presenting their reports.

At St. Matia Mulumba Primary school the School Management Committee
Chairperson Benard Baguma in his report indicated that the Head
teacher had failed to make accountability for seven million.

He accused the Head teacher of pleading for teachers who he said were
issuing fake receipts to pupils the act he said had caused financial
problems to the school.

Baguma also reported that the Head was overcharging parents on exam
fee at a cost of 1500 but distribute them to other sister schools on
cheap price.

Pascal was also accused of having failed to settle the renting fee for
the school garden and yet parents were contributing every term.

On 8th august 2012, the Head teacher withdrawn 2.5million from
Centenary bank without the consent of the School Management Committee
Chairperson and on that fateful day he reported that 2million had got
lost between him and the bank teller.

More…….
Baguma noted with concern and reported that the school was supposed to
be collecting 13million per term but which he said was all in vain due
to the mismanagement.

In his remarks, the school Head teacher Pascal Kule said that admitted
that by the time he was appointed, the school had a debt of 13million
adding that at the moment it has a debt of 2.13million.

Meanwhile, at Mudongo Primary school, the School Management Committee
Chairperson Yofesi Baluku Kitholhu that the Head teacher Amon Baluku
Muke had caused a loss of 9.5million to the school.

Kitholhu submitted that the Head teacher be prosecuted to courts of
law for legal actions against the misappropriation of Universal
Primary Education fund.

In his remarks, the Sub-county Chairperson Bonny Baguma reported that
currently the sub-county is hit by breach of contract by contractors
citing St. Paul Primary School Bunyiswa where he said the school
structure was incomplete and in poor state.

He appealed to service providers to distance themselves from
individualism, selfishness and mismanagement of government funds meant
to boost development.

In his remarks, the Head teacher did not give genuine reasons that
could have led to the un accountability of the 9.5million.

During the two meetings, it was observed that parents had also not
complimented their responsibilities to provide meals to their children
at school which created an alarm that there was need for such parents
to also be cautioned.

Reacting to different concerns, the Deputy Resident District
Commissioner Aminadabu Muhindo directed the Head teacher to arrest
parents that would have not complied with the policy.

He said the district is currently hit with a challenge of
misconceptions of government programs by most parents and local
leaders.

He cited the high rate of corruption among civil and political leaders
as the major cause to the rampant misunderstandings in schools at both
levels.

Aminadabu vowed to crack down any servant that would be implicated in
the misuse of government that could cause financial losses to the
school.

At Mudongo primary school, the RDC expressed concern to why they had
proposed to censure out the School Management Committee Chairperson
without legal procedures.

He accused the Head teacher with the Chairperson PTA for fuelling
quack disagreements instead of directing the two sides to reach a
mutual understanding describing them as bad managers.

Aminadabu directed both Head teachers together with their treasures to
ensure the money that was misused be refunded immediately and accused
them of forging signatories to withdraw UPE fund the act he described
as null and viol.

The RDC was accompanied by the District Education Officer George
Mayinja, the District Chairperson for Social services and works
Richard Bomera who decried the way government funds were being
misused.