Kibaale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A primary school teacher in Kibaale district is in police custody for defilement. Geoffrey Kirungi, who is attached to Bugwara Primary school in Kicucura sub county, Kagadi district, is accused of defiling and impregnating a 15 year old pupil in primary seven at Devine Nursery …
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Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charles Mutebi, the councilor representing Kalungu sub-county has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. Police sources who preferred anonymity said that Mutebi was arrested on Saturday from Mubende district where he has been hiding for five months. The sources say that the suspect …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is investigating circumstances under which a 3-year-old girl was defiled and strangled to death. The incident happened in Buseruka trading center in Nyakabingo parish, Buseruka sub county in Hoima district. The child went missing from her parent’s home on February 6, 2022 …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is hunting for a primary school teacher over alleged defilement of a 14-year-old girl. The suspect has only been identified as Leonard, a teacher at Yana Primary school in Hoima East division, Hoima city while the girl is also a pupil of …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale is holding a pastor for allegedly defiling and impregnating two teenagers from the same family. The suspect is Pastor Israel Wamoto from Prayer Alter Church in Mbale district. He was picked up on Tuesday on a tip-off by concerned citizens. According to …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kasese has arrested a 60-year-old Fred Mutesasira, for allegedly defiling four minors. Mutesasira, a resident of Saluti A cell in Kasese municipality is said to have been luring the minors aged between three and seven years into sexual acts with petty items …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago police are holding three people for their alleged involvement in forcing an underage girl into marriage. The suspects are Patrick Rubangakene 20years, Jennifer Lamunu, the mother of the underage girl and the wife of Kabuka village LC I chairperson, and the 15-year old prospective …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Children Authority-NCA, a statutory body responsible for monitoring the welfare and ensuring the protection of children, has challenged the punishment given to the Malongo sub county chairperson who was convicted for conniving in the marriage of an underage girl. Last week, the Masaka Chief …
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Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masindi district has registered a surge in defilement cases with more than 1,000 reported between January and November 2021. Records at the district health, education, probation and social welfare departments show that 1,264 young girls aged between three and 17 were defiled this year alone. …
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Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kamuli district on Tuesday arrested 35 year old Sadiki Mulinda, a ritualist over reportedly defiling his 13 year old daughter for rituals. Mulinda, a resident of Busana village, Nabuwigulu sub county, Kamuli district is reported to have been repeatedly defiling his daughter as …
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