The accused, Hellen Among, allegedly beat and injured Scholastica Acam to the point of unconsciousness when she intervened to protect her younger sibling from tearing her books.
Isah Ssemwogerere, the Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson says that when Police visited the home of Rugambwa, they found the open grave and the sick child isolated in a special room.
David Ongom Mudong, North Kyoga Region Police spokesperson, says the suspect is being held for torture and assault vide police file CRB 44/2018. He says the suspect was first locked up at Aromo Police Outpost before she was transferred to Lira CPS.
The child captured on video being beaten at school has been identified as a four-year-old pupil at Marto Nursery School in Kamwokya. URN obtained a video of the child being severely beaten by a male adult while a female teacher as well as other children stood and watched. The child, whose names are withheld for ethical reasons, was reportedly being beaten incessantly for failure to take himself to school. The child is usually delivered to school by his six-year-old brother.
Former maid Jolly Tumuhiirwe has pleaded guilty to the charge of assault and could face up to a maximum of five years in jail for the crime. She blamed her cruel act on mistreatment by the baby's mother.
A four-year-old girl's parents have been arrested by police and the child handed over to Child and Family Protection Unit at Gulu central Police Station after neighbours exposed the child's abuse.
A seven year old girl in Alito Sub County in Kole district is nursing wounds she sustained after she was tortured and thrown into a pit latrine by a woman whose baby she was taking care of.
Police in Napak district were on Saturday forced to use pepper spray to arrest a Sub County councillor for allegedly torturing his 10-year -old daughter into comma. Dominic Lori, a youth councillor at Iriir Sub County, was arrested after he allegedly tortured his daughter Sylivia Lomokori by hanging her upside down on a mango tree.
Patrick Kabuye, the Kakooma village chairperson says that Nantongo tried to burn Mayanja with a hot knife and flat iron on the cheeks, three days after he was brought to stay with her.
Nalongo Naziwa, the mother of Kamya searched for his son’s where abouts for two days in vain, forcing her to report the matter to the local authorities.
A 9-year-old boy is battling for his life at Busia Hospital after he was beaten into comma by her mother for stealing shillings 500 to buy pan cakes at school.
