Police chief consults traditional healers
Apr 21, 2009
THE Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura, has met over 100 traditional healers and herbalists in eastern Uganda to discuss the increasing cases of human sacrifice.
By Donald Kiirya
and Betty Angatai
THE Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura, has met over 100 traditional healers and herbalists in eastern Uganda to discuss the increasing cases of human sacrifice.
Kayihura told the healers at Jinja Show Grounds that the Police were not against them, but the evil activities some of them were involved in.
“The misconduct accompanied by weak control of herbalists has resulted into evils such as human sacrifice,†he told the leaders drawn from Busoga, Mbale and Teso.
Kayihura asked the healers and herbalists association to blacklist those involved in crime and help the Government to prosecute them.
He said there were reports that many crimes had gone unreported, an omission he attributed to crooked Police officers.
“Many officers do not want to reveal cases of child sacrifice because they want to get bribes from the offenders. But I assure you this will not work. I warn those engaging in the act to stop because once arrested, they will face the law,†Kayihura stated.
The herbalists appealed to the Government to form a unit to handle the sector.
They said they should not be blamed for human sacrifice. The herbalists urged the Police to arrest whoever was involved in human and child sacrifice among other crimes.
The NRM vice-chairperson for eastern region, Capt. Mike Mukula, warned herbalists who claim to diagnose and cure HIV/AIDS to stop forthwith, saying the disease still had no cure.
Kayihura recently pitched camp in Kiboga district where a girl was killed in what was suspected to have been a ritual murder. The suspects were arrested and charged.
and Betty Angatai
THE Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura, has met over 100 traditional healers and herbalists in eastern Uganda to discuss the increasing cases of human sacrifice.
Kayihura told the healers at Jinja Show Grounds that the Police were not against them, but the evil activities some of them were involved in.
“The misconduct accompanied by weak control of herbalists has resulted into evils such as human sacrifice,†he told the leaders drawn from Busoga, Mbale and Teso.
Kayihura asked the healers and herbalists association to blacklist those involved in crime and help the Government to prosecute them.
He said there were reports that many crimes had gone unreported, an omission he attributed to crooked Police officers.
“Many officers do not want to reveal cases of child sacrifice because they want to get bribes from the offenders. But I assure you this will not work. I warn those engaging in the act to stop because once arrested, they will face the law,†Kayihura stated.
The herbalists appealed to the Government to form a unit to handle the sector.
They said they should not be blamed for human sacrifice. The herbalists urged the Police to arrest whoever was involved in human and child sacrifice among other crimes.
The NRM vice-chairperson for eastern region, Capt. Mike Mukula, warned herbalists who claim to diagnose and cure HIV/AIDS to stop forthwith, saying the disease still had no cure.
Kayihura recently pitched camp in Kiboga district where a girl was killed in what was suspected to have been a ritual murder. The suspects were arrested and charged.