In Brief

Mar 26, 2004

Teacher dead<br>KASESE — Perusi Mushabe, a teacher at Rukoki Model Primary School in Kasese town, collapsed dead on Monday night.

Teacher dead
KASESE — Perusi Mushabe, a teacher at Rukoki Model Primary School in Kasese town, collapsed dead on Monday night. She, with her husband, Alex Mushabe, were returning home from Bunyaruguru in Bushenyi district allegedly to consult a witchdoctor over loss of sh.600,000 and a mobile phone recently. The Police confirmed the incident and said four people, including the husband, had been arrested for interrogation. Police said they were looking for the witchdoctor for questioning.

Boy nabbed
KAYUNGA — The Police are holding a senior three student of Galilaaya Secondary School over drug abuse. The boy suspect was reportedly found in possession of 20kg of marijuana valued at sh1.5m. The drugs were discovered during a check at a roadblock at Bukolooto on the Kampala-Jinja highway recently. The district Police commander, Peter Omalinga, said 50% of the children arrested with marijuana were orphans.

Teachers told
KAMWENGE — RDC John Kigyagi has advised single male primary school teachers to get married to avoid defiling their pupils. Addressing 200 newly-recruited teachers at Kamwenge Catholic Social Hall on Wednesday, Kigyagi said that defilement was rampant in the district and that teachers were the main culprits.

‘Save life’
KAMPALA — A Norwegian foreign affairs ministry official, Olav Kjorven, has said Ugandan drivers needed vigorous training to help reduce the carnage on the road. He was speaking at the African Air Rescue (AAR) health services offices on Clement Hill Road recently, which he hailed for saving people’s lives.

Man flees
RUKUNGIRI — The Police are hunting for Jackson Mayanja, a builder in Rukungiri town, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old housemaid. Mayanja allegedly abandoned the girl in Farmers Western Ward after staying with her for eight days. Police said the girl was pregnant and that Mayanja was believed to be in Kampala.

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