Kyaggwe Road Primary School to get a new home in Mengo
Sep 21, 2003
KAMPALA City Council has acquired a new piece of land in Mengo on which former Kyaggwe Road Primary school will be located.
KAMPALA City Council has acquired a new piece of land in Mengo on which former Kyaggwe Road Primary school will be located.
The school, which has existed for over 30 years, was recently sold by Government to Mukwano Group of Companies to carry out extensive redevelopment of the property starting January next year.
Mr Muwonge Kewaza, the City Education Officer (CEO) for Kampala City Council (KCC) said that construction at the new site is underway.
“We are finalising plans to start construction at the proposed location for Kyaggwe Road Primary School,†he said.
Kewaza said that the school, on a sh60m piece of land would be ready by January next year when students report for first term.
He added that despite its change of location, the school would retain its name.
“Since the school is registered with the Ministry of Education as Kyaggwe Road Primary School, it will maintain its old name, until when it applies for a change of name,†he said.
Kewaza also said that the over 1,000 pupils in the school will remain at the school’s old location until December this year when the third term ends.
“All students will be transferred to the new school in January next year, apart from those whose parents decide to take them elsewhere,†he said.
He said that apart from the buildings, which have been taken over by Mukwano Group of Companies, all movable school equipment would be transferred to the new location together with the teachers.
He added that even though Mukwano Group of Companies is to redevelop the land on which the former school sits, KCC will not allow any non-educational projects to be run on the land.
“If say they want to put up a mall or a supermarket on this land, we have a right to stop the developers from going on,†Kewaza said.
The school, located on Kyaggwe Road was taken on by government as a grant aided school in the 1970s.
The school, which has existed for over 30 years, was recently sold by Government to Mukwano Group of Companies to carry out extensive redevelopment of the property starting January next year.
Mr Muwonge Kewaza, the City Education Officer (CEO) for Kampala City Council (KCC) said that construction at the new site is underway.
“We are finalising plans to start construction at the proposed location for Kyaggwe Road Primary School,†he said.
Kewaza said that the school, on a sh60m piece of land would be ready by January next year when students report for first term.
He added that despite its change of location, the school would retain its name.
“Since the school is registered with the Ministry of Education as Kyaggwe Road Primary School, it will maintain its old name, until when it applies for a change of name,†he said.
Kewaza also said that the over 1,000 pupils in the school will remain at the school’s old location until December this year when the third term ends.
“All students will be transferred to the new school in January next year, apart from those whose parents decide to take them elsewhere,†he said.
He said that apart from the buildings, which have been taken over by Mukwano Group of Companies, all movable school equipment would be transferred to the new location together with the teachers.
He added that even though Mukwano Group of Companies is to redevelop the land on which the former school sits, KCC will not allow any non-educational projects to be run on the land.
“If say they want to put up a mall or a supermarket on this land, we have a right to stop the developers from going on,†Kewaza said.
The school, located on Kyaggwe Road was taken on by government as a grant aided school in the 1970s.