I earned sh3,000 a month
Jun 24, 2011
AARON Fred Sapwe has been vending boiled eggs on the streets of Kampala for sh3,000 a month. The 10-year-old said he depended on the pay for food.
By Gladys Kalibbala
AARON Fred Sapwe has been vending boiled eggs on the streets of Kampala for sh3,000 a month. The 10-year-old said he depended on the pay for food.
However, a concerned man who thought the boy was being exploited, took him to the Central Police Station in Kampala.
Sapwe told the Police that he got the job in Kampala after running away from his father, Amos Mataki, of Shamuhama village in Bududa district.
Went for water, was never seen
Aisha Nansambu, 13, left home on the morning of May 10, to fetch water and has not been seen since then.
The orphan has been living with her grandmother, Hasifa Nantongo, in Lufuka Zone, off Entebbe Road. Nansambu is a P.5 pupil at Ndejje Islamic Primary School. Her brother, Abbas Mubiru of Kawempe Mbogo, can be reached on 0718231521.
Tendo looks for care-taker
Esther Tendo, 3, lost her mother, Annet Nandiita, last year. Nandiita died in a road accident on the Northern Bypass.
The only person who knew Tendo was Nandiita’s sister, Christine Nakimuli.
However, being a student, Nakimuli is unable to care for her niece, so she took Tendo to Wandegeya Police Station so that she could be handed over to a Good Samaritan to take care of her. For any assistance, contact 0772315722.
Tumwijuke escaped to luweero
Benson Tumwijuke, 16, was convinced by a businessman from Luweero to take up a job with him.
He left home in Rubanda village, Kabale district, with a 13-year-old friend, Jackson Magara, a P.3 pupil at Mego Primary School.
Tumwijuke’s father, William Tukesiga, is the headmaster of Ihunga Primary School in Kabale. Magara’s father is Alex Tugyagenda, the LC1 chairman for Rubanda village. The two boys speak only Rukiga.
When they got to Luweero, they were employed as shamba boys in a pineapple garden. However, they soon quit, because they were not satisfied with the pay. They went to Kampala, where a Good Samaritan handed them over to the Old Kampala Police Station.
Namagembe got lost at hospital
Hamida Namagembe is stranded at the Old Kampala Police Station where she was taken when she got lost in a hospital, whose name she does not know.
The seven-year-old told the Police that she had gone to visit a patient in a hospital in Kampala with her aunt.
When the guard blocked Namagembe from entering the ward, she remained outside to wait for her aunt.
However, that was the last time the P.2 pupil of Hosanna Primary School in Bugerere saw her aunt. Namagembe’s teacher is Amiina. Her parents, Sula and Aisha, live in Bugerere, Kayunga district.
Nagginda looks for Dad
Felista Nagginda, ran away from her aunt in Nansana, near Kampala.
The eight-year-old was looking for her father, Emmanuel Kajjumba’s home. Kajjumba works as an askari in Kampala.
However, Nagginda lost her way and was handed over to the Old Kampala Police Station. Her mother, Rehema Nalukenge, lives in Masaka.
Nakalanzi ran from mistreatment
Shamila Nakalanzi, 9, is at Old Kampala Police Station where a Good Samaritan took her.
The nine-year-old, who was picked on the streets of Kampala, told the Police that her mother, Rehema Nassali, died and she had been living with her father, Yasin Kalanzi of Kyasenga village in Masaka and her stepmother.
However, she says mistreatment by her stepmother forced her out of the home and she sought for employment as a house maid in Kampala.
AARON Fred Sapwe has been vending boiled eggs on the streets of Kampala for sh3,000 a month. The 10-year-old said he depended on the pay for food.
However, a concerned man who thought the boy was being exploited, took him to the Central Police Station in Kampala.
Sapwe told the Police that he got the job in Kampala after running away from his father, Amos Mataki, of Shamuhama village in Bududa district.
Went for water, was never seen
Aisha Nansambu, 13, left home on the morning of May 10, to fetch water and has not been seen since then.
The orphan has been living with her grandmother, Hasifa Nantongo, in Lufuka Zone, off Entebbe Road. Nansambu is a P.5 pupil at Ndejje Islamic Primary School. Her brother, Abbas Mubiru of Kawempe Mbogo, can be reached on 0718231521.
Tendo looks for care-taker
Esther Tendo, 3, lost her mother, Annet Nandiita, last year. Nandiita died in a road accident on the Northern Bypass.
The only person who knew Tendo was Nandiita’s sister, Christine Nakimuli.
However, being a student, Nakimuli is unable to care for her niece, so she took Tendo to Wandegeya Police Station so that she could be handed over to a Good Samaritan to take care of her. For any assistance, contact 0772315722.
Tumwijuke escaped to luweero
Benson Tumwijuke, 16, was convinced by a businessman from Luweero to take up a job with him.
He left home in Rubanda village, Kabale district, with a 13-year-old friend, Jackson Magara, a P.3 pupil at Mego Primary School.
Tumwijuke’s father, William Tukesiga, is the headmaster of Ihunga Primary School in Kabale. Magara’s father is Alex Tugyagenda, the LC1 chairman for Rubanda village. The two boys speak only Rukiga.
When they got to Luweero, they were employed as shamba boys in a pineapple garden. However, they soon quit, because they were not satisfied with the pay. They went to Kampala, where a Good Samaritan handed them over to the Old Kampala Police Station.
Namagembe got lost at hospital
Hamida Namagembe is stranded at the Old Kampala Police Station where she was taken when she got lost in a hospital, whose name she does not know.
The seven-year-old told the Police that she had gone to visit a patient in a hospital in Kampala with her aunt.
When the guard blocked Namagembe from entering the ward, she remained outside to wait for her aunt.
However, that was the last time the P.2 pupil of Hosanna Primary School in Bugerere saw her aunt. Namagembe’s teacher is Amiina. Her parents, Sula and Aisha, live in Bugerere, Kayunga district.
Nagginda looks for Dad
Felista Nagginda, ran away from her aunt in Nansana, near Kampala.
The eight-year-old was looking for her father, Emmanuel Kajjumba’s home. Kajjumba works as an askari in Kampala.
However, Nagginda lost her way and was handed over to the Old Kampala Police Station. Her mother, Rehema Nalukenge, lives in Masaka.
Nakalanzi ran from mistreatment
Shamila Nakalanzi, 9, is at Old Kampala Police Station where a Good Samaritan took her.
The nine-year-old, who was picked on the streets of Kampala, told the Police that her mother, Rehema Nassali, died and she had been living with her father, Yasin Kalanzi of Kyasenga village in Masaka and her stepmother.
However, she says mistreatment by her stepmother forced her out of the home and she sought for employment as a house maid in Kampala.