Jinja: The territorial police in Jinja district on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, arrested two individuals on accusations of defiling young girls. Geofrey Waiswa Ikumbi, 26, and Bulolin Otenge, a 19-year-old, are the ones behind bars of the same offences.
Ikumbi reportedly defiled his neighbour’s one-year-old female minor from Nakakulwe B village, Butagaya sub county, Jinja district on June 3, 2024 at around 1500/C while Otenge, a night watchman at Kawomera restaurant located in Butangala A village, Buwege rural sub county, Jinja district defiled a minor [years yet to be established] at his village.
Police said that Waiswa has been spying on the movements of the victim’s parents until the fateful day when he grabbed the minor in his chest and reportedly defiled her several times from the home of the victim’s parents who were absent at the time.
A villager who was passing via the home observed the disturbing incident and immediately informed Butagaya police that did the needful by apprehending the culprit.
SP James Mubi, the spokesperson of Kiira regional police informed Busoga Today that Otenge On May 31, 2024, tiptoed the victim up to the borehole where the minor had gone to fetch water in the same locality.
“The suspect slapped hard the victim on the cheeks as a way of instilling fear in her and allegedly defiled her in the nearby bush,” Mubi stated.
Mubi said the parents realized that their child had taken long to return home. They made follow-up only to get shocked by the actions of the suspect. The suspect took off, but police tirelessly searched and arrested him with the support of supporters.
According to Mubi, both victims are undergoing serious psychosocial support and counselling from the child and family protection unit officers at CPS Buwenge, where the suspects are being detained and charged with aggravated defilement.
The accused person has been luring the minor with pancakes, posh, and beans obtained from his workplace.
Butagaya sub county, Buwenge, Kakira, and Buyengo Town Councils and Buwenge rural in Jinja district have recently been rocked with sexual violence against children.
But Mubi says that police are very determined to arrest and prosecute culprits and continue to sensitize the public with collaborative efforts from other stakeholders about the dangers of sexual gender based violence (SGBV) and violence against children (VAC).
He noted prosecution guided investigations ongoing to ensure police obtain conviction in court on both case files.
