House boy defiles, strangles P.6 girl

By Charles Kakamwa                                      

A thirteen-year primary six girl was found dead in her bed after she was allegedly strangled by a house boy.

The body of Priscilla Nsaba who has been a pupil at Narambhai primary school in Jinja town was discovered at her grandmother’s home along Gabula road in Jinja central division, a few metres from the school and the central police station.

Neighbours told New Vision that they were informed of Nsaba’s death by her young brother Edgar Agaba, and upon checking they found her body lying in bed covered with a blanket.

It is alleged that the suspect only identified as Hillary, first defiled Nsaba before killing her.

Agaba a P.3 pupil narrated that at night as they slept, Hillary pounced on Nsaba and beat her up before strangling her using a rope. He then reportedly packed some household property and disappeared.

Jinja District Police commander, Apollo Kateeba said Nsaba and Agaba had been left under the care of Hillary, by their grandmother, Jane Rwenzo who on Sunday travelled to Mbarara district to attend a burial.

He added that Rwenzo left Nsaba with sh20,000 for their upkeep, which the police suspect could have been Hillary’s target but ended up killing the girl because she refused to hand it to him.

Kateeba said investigations into the murder are ongoing as police hunt for the suspect who is still at large.

Meanwhile, by Wednesday police were still searching for the body of an unknown boda boda cyclist who is said to have drowned in River Nile near the Jinja agricultural show grounds on Friday.

It is said the cyclist was hired by an exhibitor to carry her property after the recently concluded show but did not deliver it to the intended destination. When he was threatened with police action, the cyclist reportedly ran towards the river where he drowned.