KIGEZI COLLEGE STUDENTS STRIKE OVER COLLEAGUE’S SUSPENSION FOR TEASING NEW COMERS

By Felix Twinomugisha
www.mknewslink.com
In Kabale

Police have today (Thursday) engaged in running battles with students at Kigezi College Butobere as they protested against the suspension of their colleague.
Police were forced to use teargas and live bullets to disperse students who had turned violent to the administration and police officers.
The students said they did not support the suspension of Emmanuel Twesigomwe by staff who accused him of leading other students in bullying and teasing the senior one and senior five students.
According to one of the senior one students, they were forced to pay shs 3000 in order to escape teasing; those who failed were subjected to severe beatings every night.
Today, the school administration decided to send Twesigomwe home and advised him to come with a parent after he was implicated for assaulting a senior five student identified as Kato Premier.
However, this angered other students who turned violent and started pelting stones at teachers. It is alleged that they had even planned to burn the head teacher’s house.
Police under the command of Muhammad Kyewalyanga, the head of operations at Kabale police station and Henry Kisembo, the Field Force Unit commander used teargas and live bullets to disperse the rowdy students.
John Robert Osula, the school head teacher assured parents that the school administration is investigating more of this matter to make sure that all the culprits are dealt with accordingly.
By press time, the situation at the school was already calm.
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