KANUNGU – The Kanungu District Deputy RDC, Dr. Rugaju, has challenged district officials to move beyond empty rhetoric and enforce existing laws with immediate effect, starting with the ban on holiday teaching.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The RDC warned political leaders that trading compliance for votes by ordering technical officers to “go slow” sacrifices lasting posterity for fleeting popularity.
Gad Rugaju reminded technical officers that their qualifications are not mere decorations but legitimate authority they must wield boldly, regardless of who owns the school.
“The problem in Kanungu today is not the absence of policy. It is the absence of courageous, united leadership to enforce it. Trading posterity for popularity is not leadership; it is following the crowd. Your qualification is not decoration. It is authority. Use it,” RDC Gad Rugaju stated.
He added that the leadership vacuum, according to the circular, has denied children rest, deprived teachers of leave, reduced laws to mere suggestions, and turned policies into wall decorations.
Moving forward, joint operations with the RDC, DISO, Police, DEO, and LC5 will begin immediately, with technical officers documenting violations and political leaders providing public cover for enforcement.
Dr. Rugaju warned that successful enforcement of education policy builds trust for broader challenges, because an officer who ignores illegal teaching for a bribe will also certify a ghost project.
“Small laxity breeds grand theft. An officer who takes a bribe to ignore illegal teaching will take a bribe to certify a ghost project. Successful enforcement of education policy builds trust for tackling wetlands, land disputes, and security. Discipline is contagious,” Dr. Gad Rugaju added.
The officer further stated that policies don’t fail in Kampala; the circular concludes they die in districts, silenced by technical officers who say ‘it’s political’ and political leaders who say ‘it’s technical.’
According to the Ministry of Education and Sports 2026 term dates, Term I opened on Tuesday, 10th February 2026, and closed on Friday, 1st May 2026, covering 82 instructional days.
The 2026 school calendar sets Term II from 25th May to 21st August, and Term III from 14th September to 4th December, precious weeks of learning that holiday coaching now threatens to undermine.
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