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By Innocent Atuganyire
In Masindi

Police in Masindi district are holding 36-year-old Bagajire Eric, a resident of Kirasa cell in Masindi Municipality, for fabricating his daughter’s defilement and providing false information to the police.

On June 10th 2023, Bagajire reported a case of defilement at Masindi Central Police Station. In the statement, Bagajire claimed that his 13-year-old daughter, a primary four pupil at Masindi Army Primary School had been grabbed and defiled by Vincent Katwesige, 23 an inmate from Masindi Prison.

He also alleged that Katwesige, who was on remand for defilement charges had taken his daughter to an unfinished building near the prison and sexually assaulted her.

However, suspicions arose when medical examinations conducted by the police and Masindi General Hospital yielded negative results, indicating no signs of penetration or defilement.

Further investigations and interrogations revealed that Bagajire had coerced his daughter into falsely claiming that she had been defiled by Katwesige.

Realizing that the police had uncovered the truth, Bagajire went into hiding but was later apprehended from his hideout in Masindi town, according to Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson.

Hakiza says that the suspect is in custody at Masindi Central Police Station.

According to Hakiza, during interrogations, Bagajire admitted to providing false information to the police and requested forgiveness.

He says that Bagajire disclosed that he had collected blood from slaughtered animals at a nearby abattoir and applied it to his daughter’s private parts to create the illusion of defilement.

According to Hakiza, Bagajire will face charges of giving false information to the police once investigations are complete.

By Aggrey Twesigye
In Mbarara

Police in Mbarara City is holding three students of Welden school for thought to be behind the burning of the school dormitory on Monday morning.

35 students are counting losses after the fire razed the entire boys’ dormitory housing senior one students, destroying student’s property, including books, suit cases, beddings and clothes.

According to Rwizi Regional police Spokesperson, SP Samson Kasasira the fire began at around 9am.

“We responded in time and tried to put off the fire but it was too much. However, we managed to put out the fire before it spread to other dormitories and offices housed under the same building,” Kasasira said.

The school resident director Elias Ssempa said the incident happened on Monday morning as students attended studies in their respective classes.

“The cause of this fire is not yet clear to us as a school, the police is just investigating what could have caused it because by the time it happened around 9am all our learners were in their class, senior four and six were starting their Pre-mock exams and the rest were in their classes for their lessons when we saw the smoke moving up, so we can not tell where the fire originated we only found the senior one boys dormitory set ablaze “Ssempa explained.

The burnt dormitory was hosting 35 students of senior one, and properties lost in the dormitory morning fire are valued at about 40million.

By Ambrose Kweronda
In Kanungu…

Police in Kanungu District are currently holding a man who tragically killed his own son over a dispute involving a small sum of money.

Agaba Onacklet, a 46-year-old resident of Kazirankye village in the Northern ward of Kanungu town council, has been identified as the father of the deceased, Ivan Nuwagaba, a 10-year-old student at Karuhinda Primary School.

According to Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region police spokesperson, today morning told journalists that on June 28, 2023, at approximately 10:00 a.m. the suspect sent his son to purchase cigarettes worth 1000 Ugandan shillings (UGX).

However, the son returned with cigarettes worth only 500 UGX and consumed the remaining balance which angered the father, who began threatening to harm his son whenever he got the chance.

Out of fear, the deceased had been avoiding his father, constantly running away from him. Sadly, on July 2, 2023, around 1:00 p.m., the father targeted his son while he was alone in Kanyangyende village in the Northern ward of Kanungu town council.

The father stealthily grabbed him and strangled him using a rope. He then staged the incident to look like a suicide, hanging the body from a mango tree with the rope loosely tied, allowing the victim’s legs to touch the ground comfortably.

Upon being alerted by Hellen Ayebare, the area chairperson, the police promptly arrived at the crime scene. They documented the evidence and conducted a post-mortem examination.

The suspect was subsequently arrested and is currently being detained pending prosecution. Ongoing inquiries are being conducted to gather more information about the case.

The police spokesperson emphasized that a murder case has been registered at Kanungu District Police station under reference number CRB 455/2023.

This tragic incident serves as a reminder of the importance of resolving conflicts in a peaceful and non-violent manner, especially within families.