Uganda, April 25 -- A year-long investigation into the cause of school fires has revealed that most fires were deliberate acts of arson.

Following a spate of school fires that left property worth millions of shillings destroyed and learners dead, the National Building Review Board (NBRB) conducted a countrywide investigation between May 2022 and May 2023 to determine the cause of the fires.

The NBRB monitors the building, environment of public and government structures, and is directly under the Ministry of Works and Transport, whose minister gave the directive to conduct the investigation, according to the NBRB Manager of Communications, Mr Herbert Zziwa.

Mr Zziwa, who added that their mandate also extends to fires, said their investi...