Koboko gets Shs15b for 8 secondary schools under USEEP

Koboko gets Shs15b for 8 secondary schools under USEEP.

By Atek Jolly

Koboko-Koboko District Local Government has received over Shs15 billion from the Government of Uganda for infrastructural development in eight government-aided secondary schools.

The money was given to Koboko under the Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP).

The RDC Koboko, Mr Samuel Mpimbaza Hashaka, has completed groundbreaking ceremonies for seven secondary schools out of the targeted eight.

The seven schools are Ayume Memorial Secondary School, which has received over Shs980 million, Kochi SS which has received over Shs1.6 billion, Nyarilo SS which has received Shs1.2 billion, Nyangilia SS which has received Shs440 million, Nyai SS which has received over Shs251 million, Millennium College Koboko which has received Shs441 million, while Nyemi Seed SS has received over Shs4.7 billion.

St Charles Lwanga SS, whose groundbreaking ceremony will soon be conducted, has received over Shs4.5 billion.

While conducting the groundbreaking ceremony at Kochi Secondary School, Mr Hashaka assured the people of Koboko that the NRM government is committed to ensuring the standard of education in the district is improved by constructing modern classrooms, science laboratories, kitchens, VIP latrines, water systems and other infrastructure.

He cautioned contractors against shoddy work and warned that arrests and prosecution will follow any shoddy work.

Mr Hashaka disclosed that in order to strengthen decentralisation and quality work, all the over Shs15 billion was sent directly to the respective schools, which chose the contractors in conjunction with the School Management Committees and PTAs.

The Koboko RDC directed all contractors to ensure wanainchi get both skilled and unskilled jobs from the projects.

The District Chairperson Koboko, Mr Mambu Asiraf, thanked the NRM government for the Shs15 billion given to Koboko District for infrastructural development in government-aided secondary schools.

The CAO Koboko, Mr Ogwang Nicholas, promised technical supervision to ensure good quality work in all the eight school projects in Koboko.

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