{"id":8540,"date":"2025-11-05T15:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=8540"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:14:28","slug":"pay-or-you-dont-write-head-teacher-in-court-over-ple-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/pay-or-you-dont-write-head-teacher-in-court-over-ple-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Pay or You Don&#8217;t Write&#8221;: Head Teacher in Court Over PLE Extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KABALE, UGANDA<\/strong> &#8211; The Kabale Head Teacher accused of wrongfully denying a Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) candidate access to the national tests, has been formally arraigned in court and released on bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accused, Kishaija Drake, 50, a head teacher at Rwababa Primary School in Kyanamira Sub-County, Kabale 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