Budo’s tough times
Apr 30, 2010
l April 14, 2008: Fire guts Nassolo girls’ dormitory at Budo Junior School in the night, 19 students feared dead, plunging the nation into shock.
l April 14, 2008: Fire guts Nassolo girls’ dormitory at Budo Junior School in the night, 19 students feared dead, plunging the nation into shock.
l April 14: Police interrogates several UMEME officials over the tragedy, since the school was in a power black-out when fire broke out.
l April 15: State House investigators interrogate the head teacher, Livingstone Ddungu, his deputy Moses Ssewalu and some teachers.
l April 15: Save the Children NGO, asks the Government to formulate a health and safety policy to protect children in boarding schools.
l April 17: Police quiz former headmaster Dr William Kayongo, arrests 10 Budo guards and a matron in connection with the inferno, whose death toll the Police puts at 20.
l April 22: A week after the inferno, forensic investigations fail to establish the cause of the fire.
l April 23: Budo matron Damalie Basirika and four guards are charged with criminal negligence and remanded in Luzira Prison as the Police seals off the scene of the grisly incident.
l May 1: Budo parents counselled.
l May 6: Basirika and the security guards are sent back to Luzira Prison for two more weeks pending more investigations.
l May 8: Parliament passes a motion to declare the late Yvonne Namaganda a national heroine.
l May 20: Buganda Road Magistrate Margaret Tibulya is irked by the slow pace of the investigations, calls Police to wind up investigations.
l June 3: Basirika and her co-accused are granted bail after 42 days on remand.
l June 10: The school re-opens amid protests by bereaved parents, demanding the release of the Police report
l July 15: Budo parents demand an independent probe into the fire.
l July 18: Wakiso district chairman Ian Kyeyune says district investigations pointed to arson.
l July 22: Parents appear before the speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, requesting the Government to compensate them for the lives and property of their children within 14 days.
l August: Sports state minister Charles Bakkabulindi launches a book written in honour of Yvonne Namaganda at Kitante High School.
l September 11: Former headmaster Kayongo arrested on charges of criminal negligence.
l September 19: Kayongo is released on bail.
l December 4: Court begins hearing the case, Kayongo pleads innocence.
l December 16: Court postpones hearing of Budo fire case to January.
l February 17, 2009: Legal Brains Trust, an alliance of young lawyers, release a report saying they believed the fire to have been set by an arsonist.
l March 30: Buganda Road Court magistrate Vincent Mugabo orders Kayongo to file his defence.
l April 9: Court fixes the ruling on Kayongo’s case for April 29.
l April 14: Reports indicate that Budo is heavily indebted.
l April 19: Bereaved parents reveal having filed a civil case against the government and the school.
l April 29: Court rules that Kayongo, the matron and guards are “not guilty†of any offence.
l March 2010: The Director of Public Prosecutions confirms that investigations are closed.
l April 16: The parents’ case against the Government is heard in the High Court (Nakawa).
Compiled by conan businge
l April 14: Police interrogates several UMEME officials over the tragedy, since the school was in a power black-out when fire broke out.
l April 15: State House investigators interrogate the head teacher, Livingstone Ddungu, his deputy Moses Ssewalu and some teachers.
l April 15: Save the Children NGO, asks the Government to formulate a health and safety policy to protect children in boarding schools.
l April 17: Police quiz former headmaster Dr William Kayongo, arrests 10 Budo guards and a matron in connection with the inferno, whose death toll the Police puts at 20.
l April 22: A week after the inferno, forensic investigations fail to establish the cause of the fire.
l April 23: Budo matron Damalie Basirika and four guards are charged with criminal negligence and remanded in Luzira Prison as the Police seals off the scene of the grisly incident.
l May 1: Budo parents counselled.
l May 6: Basirika and the security guards are sent back to Luzira Prison for two more weeks pending more investigations.
l May 8: Parliament passes a motion to declare the late Yvonne Namaganda a national heroine.
l May 20: Buganda Road Magistrate Margaret Tibulya is irked by the slow pace of the investigations, calls Police to wind up investigations.
l June 3: Basirika and her co-accused are granted bail after 42 days on remand.
l June 10: The school re-opens amid protests by bereaved parents, demanding the release of the Police report
l July 15: Budo parents demand an independent probe into the fire.
l July 18: Wakiso district chairman Ian Kyeyune says district investigations pointed to arson.
l July 22: Parents appear before the speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, requesting the Government to compensate them for the lives and property of their children within 14 days.
l August: Sports state minister Charles Bakkabulindi launches a book written in honour of Yvonne Namaganda at Kitante High School.
l September 11: Former headmaster Kayongo arrested on charges of criminal negligence.
l September 19: Kayongo is released on bail.
l December 4: Court begins hearing the case, Kayongo pleads innocence.
l December 16: Court postpones hearing of Budo fire case to January.
l February 17, 2009: Legal Brains Trust, an alliance of young lawyers, release a report saying they believed the fire to have been set by an arsonist.
l March 30: Buganda Road Court magistrate Vincent Mugabo orders Kayongo to file his defence.
l April 9: Court fixes the ruling on Kayongo’s case for April 29.
l April 14: Reports indicate that Budo is heavily indebted.
l April 19: Bereaved parents reveal having filed a civil case against the government and the school.
l April 29: Court rules that Kayongo, the matron and guards are “not guilty†of any offence.
l March 2010: The Director of Public Prosecutions confirms that investigations are closed.
l April 16: The parents’ case against the Government is heard in the High Court (Nakawa).
Compiled by conan businge