By Weswa Ronnie
MBALE CITY
There was drama at Nkoma Senior Secondary School today, Tuesday, 25th August, 2026 after police raided the school upon receiving a tip-off that teaching was taking place during this second term holiday period.
The operation was ordered by Jimmy Nambiro, who heads the education desk at State House, after receiving intelligence that Nkoma Secondary School had continued to defy Ministry of Education guidelines.
When police arrived at the school, teachers escaped by jumping through windows and over the fence, along with some students.
The police officers, commanded by the Officer in Charge of Operations at Mbale Central Police Station, ASP John Bosco Kashumba, addressed the students and sent them home, ordering them not to return because they were learning illegally.
While speaking to the media after the operation, Nambiro expressed his bitterness with the administration of Nkoma Secondary School for always being defiant to all government policies, yet it is a government school.
He said the Minister of Education, Chrysostom Muyingo, warned all schools across the country against teaching during this holiday period, saying it is time for children to rest and help their parents with work.
Nambiro has ordered police to look for the teachers who fled so that they can be arrested and face the law.
Efforts to get a comment from Rogers Taitika, the Elgon Region Police Spokesperson, were futile by press time as he did not pick our repeated calls.
Our reporter also tried to reach Abubakr Kawanguzi, the Nkoma Secondary School head teacher, for a comment, but his phone numbers were switched off.
Nkoma Secondary School is on record as being one of the schools known for defying government policies. Recently, the Minister for Local Government, Balaam Barugahara, visited the school after reports that it was illegally charging students school fees between Shs 200,000 and Shs 500,000, yet the school is under Universal Education meaning education is for free.
When the Minister visited the school, he was presented with a small number of students whom teachers had coached to tell him that they study for free.
Each student at Nkoma secondary school has been paying 20,000/= per subject according to students.
