Kaboha
One week after the opening of schools for the 2026 academic year, learners who stay in the ghettos of Fort portal Tourism City have not yet reported as parents face a burden of meeting school requirement.
Schools in Uganda officially reopen for the 2026 1st term on February 10, 2026 after a postponement from the original February 2nd due to general elections, a move the government said was to ensure learner safety. This revised date applied to all primary, secondary, and high learning institutions.
Henry Kyomuhendo aka Atom the founder of Fort portal City Ghetto People Association says that many children in the slum areas are under the care of struggling single mothers who are incapacitated to facilitate the expensive demands of schools for their children to attain education.
The worrying state of affairs prompted Kyomuhendo to launch a go back to school campaign aimed at soliciting items like Books, Pens, Bags, Shoes, Uniforms, Mathematical Sets and Money from well-wishers and be distributed among vulnerable school going children.
Speaking to Jubilee radio on Thursday, Kyomuhendo revealed that a few items were secured under the campaign and given out on the eve of school opening date, urging all capable individuals to embrace the cause and help out less privileged ghetto children attain education.
Beatrice Kahunde, a single mother of three and resident of Rukongora ghetto zone, told us that her two school going children are still home due to her current financial hardship. She has failed to raise school fees and other requirements.