Nagulu redevelopment to spare schools
Sep 14, 2011
The re-development of the Naguru and Nakawa Estates will not affect Naguru Infants and Primary School, a government official has said. Andrew Kiiza, the project manager, also said other vital projects in the area would be modernised to suit the standards of a satellite town.
BY DARIOUS MAGARA
The re-development of the Naguru and Nakawa Estates will not affect Naguru Infants and Primary School, a government official has said. Andrew Kiiza, the project manager, also said other vital projects in the area would be modernised to suit the standards of a satellite town.
The other projects are St. Andrews Church, two pentecostal churches, a community centre and Nakawa division headquarters.
Kiiza, however, did not disclose the terms on which the private school will remain within the estates.
But the headmaster, Charles Mugisha and the proprietor, Rosemary Namande, said they had been told by the Government to stay within Naguru Estates.
Mugisha explained that they had been assured by senior government officials that they would either be relocated to a new site within Naguru Estates or get a face-lift.
He, however, complained that the fencing off of the estates would lead to a loss of about 200 pupils. The school has a population of 850 pupils.
Mugisha appealed to parents to stay calm and not to move the pupils from the school.
Namande, a trained nursery teacher, set up the school in the 1970s. It started in one of the quarters as a nursery school but has since expanded into a primary school with a boarding section.
The two estates were established by the colonial administration for low-income earners in the 1950s.
When completed, the estate will have 1,747 flats and related amenities for low-income earners and modern residential and commercial, institutional and hospitality structures.
The re-development of the Naguru and Nakawa Estates will not affect Naguru Infants and Primary School, a government official has said. Andrew Kiiza, the project manager, also said other vital projects in the area would be modernised to suit the standards of a satellite town.
The other projects are St. Andrews Church, two pentecostal churches, a community centre and Nakawa division headquarters.
Kiiza, however, did not disclose the terms on which the private school will remain within the estates.
But the headmaster, Charles Mugisha and the proprietor, Rosemary Namande, said they had been told by the Government to stay within Naguru Estates.
Mugisha explained that they had been assured by senior government officials that they would either be relocated to a new site within Naguru Estates or get a face-lift.
He, however, complained that the fencing off of the estates would lead to a loss of about 200 pupils. The school has a population of 850 pupils.
Mugisha appealed to parents to stay calm and not to move the pupils from the school.
Namande, a trained nursery teacher, set up the school in the 1970s. It started in one of the quarters as a nursery school but has since expanded into a primary school with a boarding section.
The two estates were established by the colonial administration for low-income earners in the 1950s.
When completed, the estate will have 1,747 flats and related amenities for low-income earners and modern residential and commercial, institutional and hospitality structures.