Aziz Lubega, the chairperson of the reformed youths says that most of them have been selling marijuana as a means of survival, which influences the criminality within different slum areas in Jinja city. He, however, says that they have resolved to abandon these vices in the interest of living harmoniously with their community members.
Irene Wangadya, the Wanyange hill cell women council chairperson, says that most of the residents are hand-to-mouth casual laborers in the surrounding factories, so the when the thieves steal all items in their houses ranging from already cooked food to beddings, it is a total setback to their general wellbeing.
Children found Nambozo's lifeless body dumped in the swamp on Tuesday morning when they went to fetch water. They alerted the residents who immediately alerted the local police, which picked up the body and took to it to Mayuge health center IV mortuary for postmortem.
Busoga North police spokesperson Michael Kasadha says that detectives have been dispatched to the scene of the crime and preliminary findings indicate that the deceased was killed from another area and the body dumped in the swamp.
Susan Nairuba, a businesswoman in Iganga Municipality, says that Mpaata has been sending her life-threatening messages for four months now following their short-lived sexual relationship prompting her to engage police authorities.
The school administrators have remained tight-lipped on the matter, saying they are still working with the police to quantify the financial losses and damage resulting from the fire.
Susan Mpata, the Bwigula ward parish councilor says that they have registered increased cases of animal theft in the area and it is incumbent upon police authorities to increase security deployment within the area.
Detectives backed with a canine, teamed up with the community members to mount a search for Dhabasadha in the neighbourhood leading to the recovery of his body.
"My wife used to leave home early in the pretext of clearing the farm before sunrise, only to meet up with his lover. On receiving information from locals, I lost control and killed her," reads Tenywa's statement in part.
The suspects who are locked up at Kiira East-Central police station are Paul Kalimungabo and Ramadhan Kapeere. They were picked up on Wednesday morning after residents who saw Kalimungabo depart with Mukisa tipped off police authorities.
Eight other students collapsed following the loss of their property and were rushed to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital for further management. It is reported that the fire broke out in the boys' dormitories around 7:00 pm.
Bakita has since reportedly confessed to having planned together with her boyfriend a month ago, whose identities have been withheld, to sacrifice a female child to appease the gods, who would, in turn, award them wealth.
Abasa Waiswa, a resident of Bumanha A village, in Bukanga sub-county, in Luuka District says that his 15-year-old daughter was allegedly defiled by her teacher Michael Bakaki, but the suspect was released on police bond a day later.
Four assailants reportedly approached the two brothers who have been mobile
money agents in Wairaka trading center masquerading as customers only to rob them unspecified sums of money before shooting them dead.