By Weswa Ronnie
SIRONKO
The mother of four children in Sironko district who scored 17 aggregates during Uganda Certificate of Education [UCE] 2023 Exams has been offered free A’ Level sponsorship.
Sarah Nafuna aged 30 years who sat her UCE examination at Sironko Parents under registration number U2031/047 has been offered the sponsorship by Sironko Parents Secondary School located at Sironko town council in Sironko district where she sat UCE exams from.
According to Sasaga Isaiah, Member of Parliament representing Budadiri East constituency also director of Sironko parents while speaking to hundreds of parents at the school during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, 19th February, 2024 said that they are going to sponsor Nafuna as way of supporting girl child education and encouraging others.
“The mother will just buy scholastic materials but fees will be paid by the school from senior five to six,” Honorable Sasaga said.
Lydia Gimono, the Sironko District Vice Chairperson also urged others mothers outside there who left education due to different problems to go back and complete.
Gimono said that since education has no age limit, anybody at any age can go back and fulfill his or her dreams like Nafuna.
She added that as a district they are very happy with Nafuna for being an example to other mothers in the district.
Yofesi Malenga the Sironko parents academic registrar also doubling as Bukisa sub county to district councilor says that Nafuna was one of their best students in the school and the district at large in 2023 UCE results.
He said she got 4 aggregates in English, 1 in CRE, 2 in History, 6 in Geography, 2 in Mathematics, 3 in agriculture, 4 in Physics, 1 in Chemistry, 3 in Biology and 1 in commerce totalling 17 aggregates in division 1.
Nafuna said that she dropped out of School in 2010 after getting pregnant. Nafuna is currently a married woman and one of the prominent businesswomen dealing in agriculture inputs at Mbale city.
She says she got pregnant while at Hamudan girls located in Mbale city in Senior One. Ms Nafuna expressed her happiness with the sponsorship and promised to get more points at A level.
