Students of Namirembe Hillside high school have spoken out on the three recent attempts to burn down the school, blaming teachers for mistreating them.
A police officer at Kasangati Police Station privy to the investigations into the fire outbreaks at the schools says some of the students suspected to have started the fires, last week, point to corporal punishment and poor feeding as some of the reasons that pushed them to act.
Seven students were picked up on Sunday for allegedly attempting to set the school library and four dormitories ablaze on Saturday night, just after the the boy’s dormitory was set ablaze on Friday morning.
Luke Owoyesigire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, could neither confirm nor deny the claims. He said that preliminary police investigations point at arson.
Owoyesigire adds that police investigators have since recovered a number of items including bed sheets, which are suspected to have been soaked in kerosene and iron boxes.
Elias Mugisha, the Head teacher Namirembe Hillside high school dismissed the allegations of poor feeding and corporal punishment, saying the students are trying to come up with an excuse to cover up their ill behavior.
