Construction of Okore Seed Secondary School kicks off
Phase one will see the construction of four classroom blocks, staff houses, an administration block, and pit latrines, among other facilities, in six months.
Katakwi: The government, through the Ministry of Education, has commenced the construction of Okore Seed Secondary School in Kelim village, Okore Sub County, Ngariam County, Katakwi District.
The project will cost the government a total of 849 million shillings in the first phase. The Soroti Catholic Diocese offered the 8-acre piece of land on which the school is to stand.
Phase one will see the construction of four classroom blocks, staff houses, an administration block, and pit latrines, among other facilities, in six months.
Two weeks ago, the vice president launched a similar project in Okulonyo subcounty (Okulonyo Seed Secondary School).
The Vice President, Maj. Jessica Alupo, in conjunction with Katakwi district authorities, handed over the construction site to the contractor, Dag Investments Limited.
Alupo, who is also the district woman representative in Parliament, assured the people of Katakwi and Ugandans at large that the government is indebted to serving and bringing services to them.
She emphasized that the government has made it a policy to continue in a phased way to establish a seed secondary school in every subcounty and a primary school in every parish across the country.
Available data reveals that there are presently 1,617 parishes without a public primary school and 350 sub-counties without a secondary school.
Alupo appealed to residents to monitor the construction work to ensure value for money.
Chairman Geoffrey Omolo asked the contractor to follow the bills of quantities and appealed to all stakeholders to do their respective roles while implementing the project. He also appealed to the contractor to deliver good work.
The RDC Katakwi district, Maj. Godfrey Katamba, said this financial year Katakwi has got funding for the two seed schools, Okulonyo and Okore seed schools, and government through the vice president for extending services to the people.
The parish priest of St. Simon Catholic Parish, Magoro, thanked the government for partnering with the church to extend services closer to its people.
The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by district authorities, security chiefs of the region, and locals.
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