The Rural Uganda Education Initiative

Mukuno Nursery and Primary school! 

This is Mukuno nursery and primary school located on Kamina fishing village on the shores of Lake Albert, in the mountainous parish in Ndaiga sub-county, just behind Kyaterekere trading centre in Kibaale.

The head teacher of the school, Bright Kito is a senior four graduate. The school has eight teachers, six of them have studied up to primary seven and administer 176 registered learners. 

“That’s the only school available for a community of 3,600 people,” says Gerald Mugume, a parent at the school.

The school serves a community of several nationalities, including Batuku, Batooro, Bakiga, Bakonzo, and Alur. Although the school has two nursery levels and primary one to seven, it operates without a license from the education ministry.

According to Kito, only one learner has ever left Mukuno nursery and PS to join another school.

“That pupil went to St Kirigwajjo PS, several miles away from here, and he was made to repeat from P5. He is still there,” Kito said. 

Parents with nursery kids pay Shs 50,000, while those in P1 to P5 part with Shs 70,000 per term. Those who are about to complete the learning cycle, from P6 to P7, are required to pay Shs 100, 000 per term.

Reporting Credit;

The observer 

In Uganda we should respect the dead

The poor conditions of roads and the very poor conditions of public transport in Uganda have for many years put Ugandans to their graves. 

They are many roads in Uganda and as I write this they are many on going projects in the country to better the road systems. 

However, many of Uganda's commonly traveled roads are narrow, old and in dare need of modernization. 

As the country's grapple with the theses of fixing these conditions; my fellow Ugandans we should refrain from posting photographs of the dead among these accidents in social media. Especially Facebook and Twitter. 

It is disrespectful to the dead and their family. We are a culture that respects the dead and we should not trade that in for anything. 

I urge everyone who has a phone that is capable of posting pictures of the dead online not to do it . In developed countries these behavior are not allowed and are lagerly discouraged. 

For God and my country ...🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬

I'm Jeremy Jjemba 

@Jjjemba.