City High School opens
A total of over 1,000 students of City High School in Kololo resumed their studies on Monday. Students reported to classes at 8:00am and attended classes throughout the day. <br>
By Nicholas Kajoba
A total of over 1,000 students of City High School in Kololo resumed their studies on Monday. Students reported to classes at 8:00am and attended classes throughout the day.
The headmistress, Claire Nduhuura, said the school had filed a request to stay the attachment of its property.
Court bailiff Gordon Twinamatsiko had served the school with a notice of attachment of its property and land if they failed to clear sh500m as compensation for the Minister of Agriculture, Hilary Onek.
The order followed a civil suit filed by Onek against the trustees of the Parents Association of Kampala on August 16.
Its members sold to Onek half-an-acre of land at sh200m last year but they did not surrender the land title, prompting him to sue the school.
The affected parents and PTA executive members held an emergency meeting at the school last week and accused the president of the trustees, Darlington Opwonya, of conniving with other members to sell the land.
Nduhuura said: “The board of trustees sold the school property without authority and quorum. Even the money accrued from the sale never reached the school account.â€
Nduhuura added that the ministry of the education had requested to convene a meeting with board of trustees over alleged sale of land by PAK but was all in vain.
She said that the school increased student’s school fees by Sh, 24000 in 2004 in order to renew the lease that had expired that year.
“We have all collected the money that KCC wanted for renewing our land lease amounting to Sh50m from the student’s fees,†she said.
However Opwonya advised the parents and PTA executive to let the piece of land go because it was sold legally.
“The half an acre of land was sold legally to Hon. Onek after paying board of Trustees Sh200m.we needed that money to get the land lease of the school from Kampala City Council because it had expired longtime ago,†he said. Opwonya said that they have already renewed the land lease of the school and they are ready to account for the funds.
The school was started in 1964 by Indians Association of Uganda and later in 1979 a founding body of Parents Association of Kampala (PAK) was incorporated to manage the school. The secondary school is now government aided which is fully run with help of board of governors and PTA executive.
A total of over 1,000 students of City High School in Kololo resumed their studies on Monday. Students reported to classes at 8:00am and attended classes throughout the day.
The headmistress, Claire Nduhuura, said the school had filed a request to stay the attachment of its property.
Court bailiff Gordon Twinamatsiko had served the school with a notice of attachment of its property and land if they failed to clear sh500m as compensation for the Minister of Agriculture, Hilary Onek.
The order followed a civil suit filed by Onek against the trustees of the Parents Association of Kampala on August 16.
Its members sold to Onek half-an-acre of land at sh200m last year but they did not surrender the land title, prompting him to sue the school.
The affected parents and PTA executive members held an emergency meeting at the school last week and accused the president of the trustees, Darlington Opwonya, of conniving with other members to sell the land.
Nduhuura said: “The board of trustees sold the school property without authority and quorum. Even the money accrued from the sale never reached the school account.â€
Nduhuura added that the ministry of the education had requested to convene a meeting with board of trustees over alleged sale of land by PAK but was all in vain.
She said that the school increased student’s school fees by Sh, 24000 in 2004 in order to renew the lease that had expired that year.
“We have all collected the money that KCC wanted for renewing our land lease amounting to Sh50m from the student’s fees,†she said.
However Opwonya advised the parents and PTA executive to let the piece of land go because it was sold legally.
“The half an acre of land was sold legally to Hon. Onek after paying board of Trustees Sh200m.we needed that money to get the land lease of the school from Kampala City Council because it had expired longtime ago,†he said. Opwonya said that they have already renewed the land lease of the school and they are ready to account for the funds.
The school was started in 1964 by Indians Association of Uganda and later in 1979 a founding body of Parents Association of Kampala (PAK) was incorporated to manage the school. The secondary school is now government aided which is fully run with help of board of governors and PTA executive.