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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Mukono on Tuesday rescued a parent and his Primary Seven (P7) leaver daughter, after they were illegally detained by administrators of a school in the municipality over fees balances.<\/b><\/p>\n

Allegations suggest that authorities at Pherry Junior School detained at least eight P7 leavers on intention to force their parents clear school dues following the conclusion of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) on November 9.<\/p>\n

Since then, parents started picking up their children even as some remained in the school\u2019s custody.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, 30-year-old Joseph Kasirye narrated circumstances leading to his detention as he had gone to claim his 13-year-old daughter allegedly held at Pherry Junior School.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn visitation day, we were notified to pay fees balance, but I informed the school management that I was currently unable to clear all the balance of Shs2m at once. I offered to leave behind my motorcycle as security in ddition to signing a commitment letter, which they accepted,\u201d he told on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my dismay when I turned up to pick up my daughter after examinations, they denied me chance to meet the girl saying I will only do so after clearing the fees balance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kasirye says he relentlessly tried to look for the money until Tuesday morning when he was invited to sign another agreement with the school.<\/p>\n

\u201c…but immediately after entering the school gate, the gateman- on the orders of the head teacher and director locked me inside,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n

Swift interventions were made by different leaders in Mukono Municipality to convince the school to release the parent and his daughter, but efforts did not yield positively.<\/p>\n

Mukono Division Police Commander Edirisa Kyeyune would later order school director Sylvia Okita Nandutu to immediately release both Kasirye and his daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a school, you\u2019ve no mandate to detain people. That\u2019s violation of the child\u2019s rights and I order you to release them now and follow the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) guidelines if they\u2019ve fees balance,\u201d he directed.<\/p>\n

Late Tuesday, the child and her father recorded a statement at police after they were released from the school.<\/p>\n

Another parent of the same school who preferred anonymity because she still has continuing children in lower classes said she was forced to pay Shs500, 000 of her Shs800, 000 baances in addition to signing agreements before her P.7 leaver was freed on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time I picked up my girl, there were 8 others locked up by the school. They keep changing them from one room to another,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nandutu told journalists that she was not responsible for the detention of the parent and child saying \u201cit was the head teacher who wanted to recover the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been several engagements with the parents reminding them to clear school dues but some just kept a deaf ear. Kasirye’s case became unbearable when he started using abusive language within the school premises,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

Uneb position <\/b><\/p>\n

Prior to commencement of national examinations, Uneb executive director Dan Odongo advised school administrators to allow fees defaulters to sit their exams. According to Odongo, Uneb has secured a software system that enables the examination\u2019s body to block exam results until they clear the fees.<\/p>\n

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