Tag Archives: defilement

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi police are holding in custody a born again pastor for allegedly defiling and making a 14-year-old girl pregnant. Greater Bushenyi police spokesperson Martial Tumusiime has identified the suspect as Apostle Solomon Kushemererwa, 36, a resident of Tank Hill, Bushenyi town. Kushemererwa is a pastor at …

Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukedea police are holding one of their own for releasing a defilement suspect. The suspect is Serwano Munghairwa, the Officer in Charge of Kidongole police post. He was picked up after civil society organizations in the district landed on an agreement in which he authorized parents …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nabweya health centre II in Nabweya sub county Bududa district registered a huge number of teenage pregnancies between July and December last year. A recent study by Bududa district health office shows that 178 out of the 330 cases of pregnancies registered at Nabweya health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda Archbishop Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has criticized the rampant cases of incest reported in different parts of the country. “There are fathers, uncles, and cousin brothers in our families who have defiled their daughters and sisters and impregnated them. This is …

Suspects are locked up at Otwee police station for marrying off a fifteen-year-old girl Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight people in Amuru district are in trouble for procuring defilement. They are thirty-year-old Charles Ojok, who is accused of severally defiling a fifteen-year-old girl and primary six pupil at Oloyotong …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 14,000 cases of violence against children were registered in Gulu district between the years 2017 and 2020. In 2017, the district recorded 2,795 cases, 2,786 in 2018, 2,798 reported in 2019 and the year 2020 registered the most cases with 5,659 cases. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira road police has launched a hunt for men who abducted and defiled two minors in separate attacks from the Conte Africa zone of Kamwokya, on the outskirts of Kampala. One of the victims aged eight is said to have been lured by a neighbour …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Misfortune has so far dogged the life of 17-year-old Hadija (surname withheld because she is a minor). She dropped out of school when her own teacher defiled her and she became pregnant. Now hardly recovered from a difficult child birth and nursing her three-months baby in …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kasese District is grappling with a surge in children abuse cases.  The cases include defilement, rape, neglect, torture among others.  According to records, the district registered an increase of child abuse cases from 2,082 in 2018 to 20,653 in 2019. Last year, the cases rose …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bugembe George aged 24 has been sentenced to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty of defiling three little girls. Bugembe, a resident of Kasisa landing site in Bujumba sub county Kalangala district was charged with defiling two 7 year and one 6 year old …