Uganda arrests 7 teachers for conducting lessons during lockdown

Arrest.

Seven teachers have been arrested in Uganda for allegedly conducting lessons amid a Covid-19 lockdown. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

What you need to know:

  • “The suspects’ licences and that of the private schools in which they teach will be revoked because what they were doing is illegal,” he said.

  • Authorities were expected to bring the teachers before a local court to answer to charges of defying a presidential directive on Covid-19.

  • Last month, President Yoweri Museveni said nursery, primary and secondary schools will resume in January 2022.