Kabale headteacher charged with denying UPE pupil access to PLE paper over Shs70,000 coaching fee

According to ChimpReports, the headteacher of Rwababa Primary School in Kyanamira Sub-county was charged before the Kabale Chief Magistrate's Court with denying a pupil access to education under the Education Act. He is accused of stopping a registered Primary Seven pupil under the UPE programme from sitting the PLE mathematics paper because the pupil had not paid an extra Shs70,000 for coaching. He had been arrested on the Monday before, was granted bail, and the case was adjourned to 16 December 2025.