Private school teachers are yet to agree on the modalities of how to share the Shs22bn that was given to them by the government as COVID-19 relief.
President Museveni in one of his addresses on COVID-19 asked the Ministry of Finance to release Shs22bn to bail out teachers who have been hit hard by the pandemic.
Teachers across the country continue to languish in hopelessness ever since schools were closed in March this year with little hope that they will be reopened anytime soon.
However, according to the information obtained by this website, Private Teachers Association leaders and the Ministry of Education officials have held protracted meetings since Wednesday but have not yet reached agreement on how to share money.
The chairperson of the Private Schools and Institutions COVID-19 committee, Joseph Kiggundu said they plan to hold another meeting next week to further seek consensus on the matter.
He said though, that they have so far agreed to first establish the structures of all teachers in private schools across the country to enable equitable distribution of the money.
Recently the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala remanded three top officials from the Microfinance Support Centre together with a teacher for embezzlement of Shs10billion meant for the teachers’ SACCO.
The officials including the Executive Director Microfinance Support Centre, John Peter Mujuni, John Mwebembezi the head of Finance and Administration, Julia Birungi an Assistant Credits Officer and Joan Baryaruha Asiimwe, a teacher.
They are accused of embezzlement contrary to section 19( c ) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2009 and conspiracy to defraud when they allegedly stole Shs10.8billion meant for teachers.