In Brief
May 18, 2003
<b>Man jailed for child sex ...<br>Houses face demolition ...<br>Schools breach order ...</b>
Man jailed for child sex
KAMPALA — Nakawa Court Chief Magistrate Margaret Mafabi on Friday sentenced Fred Odongo alias Obayo, 26, of Naguru Go-down to six years in jail.
The prosecution said Obayo placed his finger in the private parts of his four-year-old niece on February 7 at Naguru. Obayo was found lying sideways on his bed with the victim with her knickers pulled to the knees.
He had removed his shirt and positioned his private part on the back of the victim. Mafabi said Obayo deserved a deterrent sentence for abusing the child's rights and for failing to protect her as a relative and an elder.
Houses face demolition
KAMPALA — The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) will on May 21 demolish all buildings under or close to the high voltage transmission lines.
Sources in UETCL on Friday said the demolition would start from Mulimira zone in Bukoto. Structures within a radius of 15 metres of the high voltage transmission lines will also be razed. Areas to be affected include Bukoto, Ntinda, Seeta, Kabowa, Banda, Rubaga and Ndeeba.
Schools breach order
KAMPALA — Children left school on Friday for a two-week holiday that should see them return for the second term on June 4, 2003. But some schools flouted the school calendar issued by the Ministry of Education and broke off two weeks earlier.
Aggrey Kibenge, the spokesperson for the ministry, said all schools are required to follow the calendar. “The heads could face a disciplinary committee. Some unscrupulous schools save a lot of money on the time robbed of both parents and their children,†Kibenge said.
KAMPALA — Nakawa Court Chief Magistrate Margaret Mafabi on Friday sentenced Fred Odongo alias Obayo, 26, of Naguru Go-down to six years in jail.
The prosecution said Obayo placed his finger in the private parts of his four-year-old niece on February 7 at Naguru. Obayo was found lying sideways on his bed with the victim with her knickers pulled to the knees.
He had removed his shirt and positioned his private part on the back of the victim. Mafabi said Obayo deserved a deterrent sentence for abusing the child's rights and for failing to protect her as a relative and an elder.
Houses face demolition
KAMPALA — The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) will on May 21 demolish all buildings under or close to the high voltage transmission lines.
Sources in UETCL on Friday said the demolition would start from Mulimira zone in Bukoto. Structures within a radius of 15 metres of the high voltage transmission lines will also be razed. Areas to be affected include Bukoto, Ntinda, Seeta, Kabowa, Banda, Rubaga and Ndeeba.
Schools breach order
KAMPALA — Children left school on Friday for a two-week holiday that should see them return for the second term on June 4, 2003. But some schools flouted the school calendar issued by the Ministry of Education and broke off two weeks earlier.
Aggrey Kibenge, the spokesperson for the ministry, said all schools are required to follow the calendar. “The heads could face a disciplinary committee. Some unscrupulous schools save a lot of money on the time robbed of both parents and their children,†Kibenge said.