Former Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo has faulted his successor Dr. Otiende Amollo for intentionally killing educational projects launched during his tenure.
Gumbo accused Amollo of playing immature politics with matters education, noting that the situation was threatening the lives of the many children who do not care about issues of politics.
He was particularly unimpressed that the current MP had neglected over 17 new secondary schools established during his tenure by deliberately refusing to offer infrastructural support, including bursary support to aid in their growth and development.
“I must register my disappointment in the current Rarieda MP because he is focused on punishing innocent learners and certain communities who he believes do not support his political stand. I have watched painfully as secondary schools fall to their death simply because they can’t be given NG-CDF support owing to how they were established,” stated an angry Gumbo.
The secondary schools on the brink of collapse, according to the former MP, include Kawuondi Mixed Secondary School, Wayaga Secondary School, Engineer Nicholas Gumbo Rambira Secondary school, Memba Secondary School, Ndigwa Secondary School, Mirando Ongalo Secondary School, Tuju Secondary School, among others.
Speaking at Kagwa Primary School when he distributed bursaries to over 150 students through his Rarieda Education Support Action (RESA) programme, Gumbo observed that it was a right of any school to seek support from NG-CDF because the monies belong to them and must be availed to assist them as taxpayers.
He regretted that in most of the schools he started, the population across the institutions were high, with some registering over 2000 students at the peak of his tenure, but have nosedived to as low as 70 students.
By Erick Nyayiera
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