The victims, members of the Oumolao clan, were reportedly attacked after being accused of engaging in an incestuous act. This accusation led to their brutal beating, which police have described as a clear violation of their human rights.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Regional Police Spokesperson, says that parents concentrate more in drinking alcohol and neglect their roles in bringing up their children leaving them exposed to “sexual predators.”
Gabula is reported to have turned his anger on the minor after catching his former girlfriend, Ruth Namutiibwa red handed having sexual intercourse with Geoffrey Mpiti on Thursday morning. He reportedly stumbled on the duo having sex and quietly walked out of the house.
According to preliminary information, Ouma left for the funeral of his friend in Busia district on Monday evening but didn’t find his wife, Fanisi Nabwire at home upon his return. His five-year-old son reportedly told him that his mother had gone to the maize plantation with Siminyu.
Prosecution told court that on the evening of March 29, 2018, Damulira was hired by his victim to take her home some miles away from Kanoni town. However, along the way, the convict pretended that he had run out of fuel in the middle of a forest.
Zaina Nakirya, a resident of the area says ghosts have been forcefully engaging her in sexual intercourse for the past two years. She says this has caused her psychological torture and also led to a breakdown of her marriage eight months ago.
This afternoon, a section of traditionalists led by Mukisa Mutyaba who refers to himself as the leader of traditionalists in the country accused Jjumba Lubowa, the leader of “Tondism", a traditional faith group of failure to fulfill the rituals of the gods.
He was convicted and sentenced by Masaka Resident Judge, Winfred Nabisinde on Monday on his own plea of guilt for defiling his 9 and 14 year old daughters. Nyenje was arraigned in court on two counts of aggravated defilement and incest.
According to the court records, the convict performed a sexual act on a 12-year- old pupil in the girls dormitory at Makos High School during prep in June 2016. However, Justice Abodo convicted him of indecent assault after prosecution failed to prove that the sexual act took place.
Mark Rashid, the bursar of Makos High School in Kawempe division, initially charged with aggravated defilement, was convicted on a different crime after the prosecution failed to prove that a sexual act had taken place, despite placing the accused at the scene-of-crime.
Delivering her sentence, Justice Jane Francis Abodo said, the law provides a death sentence for someone found guilty of aggravated defilement but she opted to sentence him to 37-years since he didnt infect his victim with HIV.
Prosecution based its case on the testimony of the victim who told court that she recognized her abuser after touching his dreaded hair and his voice when he threatened to kill her if she screamed.
The father, whose identity is withheld to protect the daughter, appeared in court as a state witness in an aggravated defilement case, where 24-year-old Calvin Mwangi, a clinical officer is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 9-year-old at their home in Kamwokya in June 2016.
According to the father, Eguki passed at the shop, which is about 150Metres from his residence. Eguki, who was drunk, reportedly went straight to the rental where the 10 year old girl was and defiled her.
According to the victim, Musoke, whose shrine was near their home, kept calling her to the shrine and repeatedly defiled her, saying the spirits would kill her if she ever revealed what transpire din the shrine.
As a result, police picked up Kibuuka the next day and took the victim to Mulago Hospital for medical examination. A report issued by Dr. Sam Karungi, a police Pathologist showed that the victims hymen had raptures and bruise in her private parts.
