- Committee on government assurances will begin investigations next week
- Committee members will visit different districts and stop in various villages
The parliamentary committee on government assurances will next week begin investigations to ascertain whether school children locked at home due to COVID-19 received learning materials from the ministry of Education and Sports.
The committee chairperson Betty Nambooze says that they will visit different districts and stop in various villages to assess if the children got the materials and whether or not they have been learning through radios, Televisions and digital platforms as claimed by officials from the ministry.
The MPS heading to western Uganda will be led by Kalungu west legislator Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu, Central region team will be headed by Betty Nambooze.
Another team of legislators heading to Eastern Uganda will be led by Lugazi municipality mp Stephen Sselubula while Busiro north mp Nsubuga Paul will lead the legislators traveling to the northern region .
Nambooze noted that the committee members will also interrogate the district education officers and sub county chiefs to ascertain if the materials were distributed and received.
The committee also wants to establish if the radio stations listed by the ministry of education have received their payment for teaching children during the COVID-19 outbreak.