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Kitagwenda Residents Decry Exclusion from New Seed School Allocations

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Kitagwenda Residents Decry Exclusion from New Seed School Allocations
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Residents of Kitagwenda District are voicing their frustration over being excluded from the government’s latest allocation of new seed schools under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Programme (UGIFT).

The release of 116 new seed schools across 96 districts did not include Kitagwenda, raising concerns about the district's educational future.

Currently, Kitagwenda has only one seed school—Kanara Seed School—which is still under construction.

Meanwhile, neighboring districts such as Kamwenge, Ibanda, and Rubirizi received multiple allocations, with Kamwenge alone gaining four new schools.

James Baguma, the District Speaker, expressed disappointment, stating, “We submit our requests through the five-year development plan, but lobbying at the national level falls to our Members of Parliament. It’s unfortunate that our district missed out.”

Local anger has been directed at area MPs Dorothy Nyakato Nzibonera, a member of the Parliamentary Education Committee, and Joseph Nulu Byamukama, who residents accuse of failing to advocate effectively for the district’s educational needs.

Sedas Asiimwe, the District Education Officer, underlined the urgency of the situation.

“Six sub-counties in Kitagwenda lack secondary schools. We have proposed establishing schools in Greater Mahyoro and Kicheche Sub-County, but these plans remain unfulfilled,” Asiimwe explained.

Responding to the criticism, MP Dorothy Nyakato Nzibonera defended her efforts.

“I lobbied for the expansion of four secondary schools—Nyabanni, Nyakasenyi, Mahyoro, and Stella Maris—under the Uganda Secondary Expansion Programme (USEP). It’s unfair to say I haven’t delivered,” she said, adding that Kitagwenda would be included in future UGIFT allocations.

The district’s frustration is rooted in the government’s earlier Universal Secondary Education (USE) policy, which promised a secondary school in every sub-county.

Budgetary constraints have since scaled back this goal, leaving districts like Kitagwenda grappling with inadequate resources to meet educational demands.

Residents are now urging their leaders to intensify lobbying efforts to ensure Kitagwenda is prioritized in upcoming seed school allocations, emphasizing the critical need to expand access to secondary education in the district.

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