The teenager is said to have been in a relationship with the 25-year-old Boda boda cyclist, whose name has been withheld by police, for more than four months. Her parents got concerned and ordered her to cancel the relationship since she was still young to be dating.
Residents of
Kyakatagwa village in Ndolo parish in Kabira sub-county in Kyotera district
have teamed up with police to search for the body of a 16-year-old girl who
decided to end her life protesting the arrest of her boyfriend.
The teenager
decided to jump in the fast-flowing River Kyatakagwa on Monday evening leaving residents
shocked. The teenager is said to have been in a relationship with the 25-year-old Boda
boda cyclist, whose name has been withheld by police, for more than four
months.
Her parents got concerned and ordered her to cancel the relationship
since she was still young to be dating.
She reportedly
ignored her parents’ counsel and continued meeting her lover secretly.
Information
reached her parents who decided to deploy informants to follow the teenagers in
a bit to catch the motorcyclist. Richard
Kalanzi, the Kabira LC III Chairperson, says the informants succeeded when they
caught the motorcyclist red-handed having sex with the girl in a bush.
They
dragged the suspect to Kabira police post for defilement. According to
Kabira, the teenager warned to do the unthinkable if her boyfriend isn’t
released but her parents ignored the threats.
//Cue in:
“Omwana ono bakadde be……………..
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out:………………abdde mumyaka nga 16.”//
Judith
Akello, the Kyotera District Police Commander (DPC), says they are
collaborating with the residents to search for the teenager’s body as
investigations continue.
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