In Brief
Aug 05, 2008
32 held over school strike<br>Tororo <br>At least 32 students of Manjasi High School have been arrested over the Saturday strike. The district Police commander, Gaundencio Okumu, said the arrest was aimed at preventing further destruction of school property.
32 held over school strike
Tororo
At least 32 students of Manjasi High School have been arrested over the Saturday strike. The district Police commander, Gaundencio Okumu, said the arrest was aimed at preventing further destruction of school property. Okumu said the students started to strike at 9:30pm when their entertainment master switched off the television set as per the school regulations. However, those who were watching a movie protested the move. They switched off the lights from the main switch board, beat up the entertainment master and destroyed windows and doors of the dinning hall, administration block and the school clinic. Okumu said the Police will escort the suspects to the examination rooms and return them to the cells awaiting trial.
Grandpa jailed three years
Jinja
A 65-year-old man has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for attempting to defile an 11-year-old girl. Justice Vincent Zehurikize convicted Phillip Kalilu, a resident of Bugweli village in Iganga district last week. The prosecution said Kalulu wanted to defile the girl on November 1, 2004 when her mother, Maria Logose, had gone to dig in a swamp. Logose told the court that she found Kalulu, who suffers from hydrocell, defiling her daughter from his house. But Zehurikize ruled: “Kalulu’s defence appears to be that he is incapable of playing sex because of his medical condition. But I have believed the evidence of the witness who caught them red handed. I don’t think that the accused merely enjoyed lying on the bed naked with a naked girl. He was trying to have sex with the girl. Therefore, I find the accused guilty of attempted defilement.â€
Lwanga pleads for education
Kampala
Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has called upon the Government and the Catholic Church to work jointly to improve the education sector. “There are so many Catholic church-founded schools and higher learning institutions,†Lwanga said. This was during the first anniversary of Bannakizito Children’s Association, a Catholic movement of children in Kampala Archdiocese, at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine Namugongo last Sunday.
Tororo
At least 32 students of Manjasi High School have been arrested over the Saturday strike. The district Police commander, Gaundencio Okumu, said the arrest was aimed at preventing further destruction of school property. Okumu said the students started to strike at 9:30pm when their entertainment master switched off the television set as per the school regulations. However, those who were watching a movie protested the move. They switched off the lights from the main switch board, beat up the entertainment master and destroyed windows and doors of the dinning hall, administration block and the school clinic. Okumu said the Police will escort the suspects to the examination rooms and return them to the cells awaiting trial.
Grandpa jailed three years
Jinja
A 65-year-old man has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for attempting to defile an 11-year-old girl. Justice Vincent Zehurikize convicted Phillip Kalilu, a resident of Bugweli village in Iganga district last week. The prosecution said Kalulu wanted to defile the girl on November 1, 2004 when her mother, Maria Logose, had gone to dig in a swamp. Logose told the court that she found Kalulu, who suffers from hydrocell, defiling her daughter from his house. But Zehurikize ruled: “Kalulu’s defence appears to be that he is incapable of playing sex because of his medical condition. But I have believed the evidence of the witness who caught them red handed. I don’t think that the accused merely enjoyed lying on the bed naked with a naked girl. He was trying to have sex with the girl. Therefore, I find the accused guilty of attempted defilement.â€
Lwanga pleads for education
Kampala
Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has called upon the Government and the Catholic Church to work jointly to improve the education sector. “There are so many Catholic church-founded schools and higher learning institutions,†Lwanga said. This was during the first anniversary of Bannakizito Children’s Association, a Catholic movement of children in Kampala Archdiocese, at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine Namugongo last Sunday.