Uganda, March 13 -- The land squabble between the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and a family that claims to belong to Muzzanganda, a former foundation body of Nakivubo Settlement Primary School, has been blamed for the high dropout rate at the school.

A member of the School Management Committee (SMC), who preferred anonymity said that pupil enrollment at the government-aided school has dropped from about 300 learners in 2023 to about 200 this year.

"When parents hear that the school is closing anytime because of the conflict, they take their children to stable ones. The school has also lost donor support because of such confusion. There was a time when the donors wanted to renovate the dilapidated classrooms but they changed the...