Woman sentenced for hiring S3 student to sit UCE exams for her niece

By Olivia Nabaggala

21^st Oct 2022

The Grade One Magistrates Court in Nabweru, Wakiso district has sentenced a lady who was convicted of hiring a Senior Three student to sit the ongoing Uganda Certificate of Education- UCE exams for her niece.

Amina Nalwadda was on Friday afternoon arraigned before the court in Nabweru and charged together with Moses Hamala, the head teacher for Kawempe Standard Secondary School for aiding and abetting Emmanuel Bagenda sit UCE exams for Hyuda Namuwonge.

According to prosecution led by the Nabweru Resident State Attorney, Deborah Itwao, Nalwadda paid Shs500,000 to Bagenda to help write papers for Namuwonge.

On the fateful day on October 17, Bagenda who had been registered at the said school was found by the invigilator in the examination hall with a paper under the name Hyuda Namuwonge.

Namuwonge was also found in the same examination room and on her paper he had written Bagenda’s name before the invigilator discovered the plot.

A further scrutiny showed that Bagenda had been registered, had a uniform and was in the Kawempe Standard SS album for UNEB.

On Friday, the head teacher and Nalwadda were charged for aiding and abetting impersonation contrary to section 36 of the UNEB Act 2021.

In court, the headmaster denied the charges whereas Nalwadda admitted to hiring the senior three students to sit exams for her niece.