Although the school had earlier communicated to parents that only male students in senior one and two would go home, parents with girls in the same classes have also been allowed to take their children.  

Once inside the school, police officers manning the school gate guide the parents to the compound where a member of staff with a microphone, announces the name of a student or students whose parent has arrived. 

The child then registers in the book before they leave with their parents. Parents are not allowed to tour any part of the school. Aisha Nakanjako, one of the parents with two children, one in senior one and another in senior two, says all her children’s properties were destroyed. She says that she had paid half of the school fees and requirements and now doesn’t know where she will get more money from to buy the new requirements.

Kawempe Division mayor, Emmanuel Sserunjoji who was allowed a brief visit to the dormitories says that the students’ property in both dormitories was all burnt to ashes. He says the affected dormitories structurally look weak and the school is likely to incur a big cost to put up a new structure.

Sserunjoji says the leadership at the division shall make recommendations that all schools with boarding schools have cameras and their electrical wiring system be checked annually to ensure its integrity.

According to information pinned at the gate, the school management has asked day scholars to stay home and return on Wednesday while those in senior one and two have been asked to come back next week. 

Kampala lord mayor Erias Lukwago says the fires in schools seem deliberate, saying police has informed him that before the fire, there was an explosion which might have been planted by arsonists.

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