Uganda, May 6 -- The State Minister for Higher Education was last evening left stunned that a high school student at the weekend flew in a hired chopper for a school party.

Mr John Chrysostom Muyingo expressed disbelief that students would lead such a showy lifestyle in a country where millions of households are struggling to have three meals a day.

"Are those things happening in Uganda? Where are we going? I have never thought of hiring a chopper. Money is a scarce resource. It shouldn't just be given out and spent just like that even if their parents have money. What message are they sending to the children? That is horrible," Mr Muyingo wondered.

Efforts to get a comment on the events from the administrators of Elite High School wer...