{"id":55964,"date":"2023-09-24T22:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds"},"modified":"2023-09-25T00:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T00:06:08","slug":"head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds","title":{"rendered":"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members of the school management committee (SMC) arrested the head teacher accusing him of failing to account for capitation grants amounting Shs3.4m.<\/p>\n

Angry SMC members first locked up Mr Dominic Mukasa in his office and later handed him over to police who took him to Kyamulibwa Police Station for further investigations.<\/p>\n

According to SMC members, since last term over Shs3 million that the school has been getting from government is not accounted for.<\/p>\n

Mr George William Kasozi, the representative of old students on the school management committee, said the school\u2019s performance has kept declining over time due to weaknesses of Mr Mukasa.<\/p>\n

Released by the government on a quarterly basis, a capitation grant is used to finance the purchase of textbooks and other teaching\/learning materials in all schools implementing the Universal Primary \/Secondary Education scheme (UPE\/USE). It also caters for school maintenance, administration costs and payment for utilities including water and electricity.<\/p>\n

Government pays Shs14,000 for each pupil in UPE schools every year .<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hurting to see our school in such a sorry state. He [Mukasa] has even failed to buy padlocks for buildings where critical school properties are kept,\u201d he said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He added that both teaching and non-teaching staff are demoralised because of poor welfare yet the funds meant to cater for this, are being swindled.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we complained, he [Mukasa] told us that for three days this week, he spent over Shs312,000 on his transport yet we apply for learning materials to prepare for learners,\u201d one of the teachers who preferred anonymity disclosed.<\/p>\n

Mr Mukasa asked to be pardoned as he pledged to pay back the money in one week, but members of the school management committee stood their ground and insisted that he should be investigated by police.<\/p>\n

Mr Eria Mbalaala, the chairperson of Kyamulibwa sub-county asked the district\u2019s education department to always liaise with school management committees and parents and teachers associations (PTAs) while posting head teachers .<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school was performing well academically, but since Mukasa became head teacher, it has declined in all aspects without any intervention from the district leadership, this needs to be investigated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Members of the school management committee finally resolved to petition the district\u2019s education department to transfer Mr Mukasa to another school and also ensure that the missing funds are recovered.<\/p>\n

Mr Abubaker Ssuuna, the inspector of schools in Kyamulibwa Sub County, faulted members of school management for locking up Mr Mukasa in his office, saying they should have given the district education department a chance to investigate the matter .<\/p>\n

\u201cThey could have reported the matter to the district to investigate the allegations and police could have intervened later if he was found culpable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Mr Mukasa secured a police bond and was ordered to report back on October 7 to follow up on his case.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members of the school management committee (SMC) arrested the head teacher accusing him of failing to account for capitation grants amounting Shs3.4m. Angry SMC members first locked up Mr Dominic Mukasa in his office and later […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-55964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nHead teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-24T22:41:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-25T00:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-24T22:41:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-25T00:06:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds\"},\"wordCount\":514,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds\",\"name\":\"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-24T22:41:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-25T00:06:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":360,\"caption\":\"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds - Uganda","description":"Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds","og_description":"Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-09-24T22:41:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-25T00:06:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds","datePublished":"2023-09-24T22:41:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-25T00:06:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds"},"wordCount":514,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds","name":"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-24T22:41:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-25T00:06:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Drama ensued at Kabaale Roman Catholic Primary School in Kyamulibwa Sub-County, Kalungu District on Friday after members ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/09\/sm_1695583820.834101.jpg","width":720,"height":360,"caption":"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/head-teacher-arrested-over-swindling-upe-funds#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Head teacher arrested over swindling UPE funds"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}