As i jot these lines down am a disillusioned man.
one day on reaching office, i opened my e-mail in my in box before anything else.I had a fresh message from one 'Favour Mathew'.
according to the message she is a 24 yr old living in an IDP in Dakar Senegal due to the civil war going on in Liberia.
her parents Dr Mathew Toure was and advise to the ousted president now being tried for war crimes by the ICC, together with her mum and siblings were harked to death. she is the only survivor.
as i read on she said having gone through my profile on face book, she was greatly interested in me and wanted us to build a deep mutual relation ship.at this my heart skipped.
Imagining life in an IDP for such a beauty was very touching. immediately i sent a postie response and guess what she replied as fast as she could.
Favour is a beautiful girl, she is a nice story teller, a very passionate one.
In her next reply she requested me to be silent forever about her plight and the intentions to transfer the money which her farther left in the bank for her but she could not access it as they are not allowed to have money. She asked me to send her my account number so she can transfer the funds to it and the i may process her travel documents to Uganda.
Before this i had heard of fraud stars 'scam bites' i decided to find out the true source of the mails. It was not Dakar. she was in Abuja Nigeria, black listed by Google as a '419'.
I laughed out loud (cynically) and every one stared at me. I had survived. survived to be looted.
Watch out for such easy come easy go.
This makes you fail to tell who genuinely needs help and who is a cheat.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Special report
Special report
Amidst sensitization and civility, defilement tops crime reports.
Uganda has fought arduously against defilement, and with some success. For example, in 1996, Uganda made defilement a capital crime. There also are ongoing efforts to sensitize the police to victims of defilement and to improve the way in which they handle such cases. As a result, there is increased reporting of defilement cases and police officers appear more willing to pursue investigations of such cases.
The resident state attorney Jinja speaks of defilement with a lot of pain and anger. With a long time in the legal service in Jinja he says before defilement was classified as simple and aggravated, it was the number one crime followed by murder. “Currently murder is the leading but defilement both simple and aggravated put together it is still the highest”, he said.
The classification came after a number of complaints from the public and challenges the judiciary was facing in presiding over these cases. The former penal code was criticized for being too lenient with HIV-positive people who rape children. From 1996 such offenders were to face capital punishment but it was never implemented.
Under the laws of Uganda, defilement is defined as having unlawful (without consent) carnal knowledge with a minor (a person below the age of 18years from their first birth day). In simple terms it is ‘child rape’.
Like a plague, defilement affects and can be committed by any one regardless of age, sex, profession. There have been several reports of parents (fathers) defile their own daughters, brothers their own sisters, teachers their students/pupils, pastors their folks, police officers their refugees and the very common is of strangers besides the uncles.
Dr Katend says all categories of people commit this offence and it is especially due to high libido. He contends that people in the central, Busoga region and the Bugisu area have a high libido. “These people want to have sex on a regular basis. They just want to have orgasm and then will feel satisfied, he said.
On the 7th of august 2007 Daily Monitor reported that pastor grace Okello of revival church mission was arrested over defiling a 16 year old girl. On the 18th November, it was reported that a 14 year old orphan stoned a herdsman one Yosefat Mpigika to death. Apparently he had attempted to rape her (which would result into defilement). She has emerged a hero. And most recently 25th November, police constable Emmanuel Mulele was arrested for sexually assaulting a ‘defilement victim’.
Several incidents brought to the lime light are however those of a girl child as victim and little are about the boy child.
Dr Katende, the Jinja police surgeon is the focal person in this area. He handles all cases reported to police as the beginning step in prosecution. Being charged with the duty of examining the complainants gets the first hand story of the victims.
“Apart from cases of ten years and below, most of the victims aged thirteen and above consent, they are given chapatti, small monies and simple promises of knickers and slippers they are conned like adults”, Dr Katende revealed.
Yet the offenders have excuses of not being married, the girl accepting, while others say they are not the first to engage that victim.
There is a case which was dropped by the resident state attorney in Iganga, the police surgeon having found out that the victim-16 years- was five months expecting, her first defiler was serving ten years sentence. The suspect in this case was guilty though not responsible for the victim’s pregnancy. Considering these and several reasons the state attorney dropped the case and ordered for Hamman Wagas 21years of Pakistani nationality.
Some of these defilement cases result into pregnancies. For those who carry them-pregnancies-end up being operated at delivery as their pelvis is still very narrow. This contributes highly to both maternal and infant mortality rates.
A study carried out by Robin Magee of the American bar association and Prof. Hamline of the Minnesota university school of law funded by the World Bank in 2008 found that 4% of upper primary school pupils (P.5 to P.7 aged between 10 and 14 years) in Uganda have been defiled by their teachers in the last one year. While 4% seems a low figure it stands for 43,635 out of 1,090,853 currently in upper primary. This percentage is of pupils who admitted having been defiled by their teachers.
Overall 10% admitted having had sexual relationships, 4 out of 10 had it with their teachers. The study was done by international development consultants on behalf of ministry of education covered 380 schools in 17 districts in all regions.
It reveals that teachers promise them good marks and gifts but even without these promises, pupils fear the likely consequences should they refuse yielding to the teacher’s sexual advances.
The researchers maintain that criminal prosecution of defilers is the best resolution for the victim and, her family. It is believed therefore, that ignorance explains why defilement is settled by a financial arrangement. In other cases, the corrupt financial motives of the victim and her family explain these arrangements. They insist that these financial settlements represent successful attempts to extort money from the accused defiler or his family. The willingness of the victim, her family or both to accept such an arrangement in exchange for pursuing a criminal case against the defiler is definitive evidence of a corrupt motive.
The study doesn’t agree with claims by police, prosecutors, and some researchers who have examined these matters. “….i do not believe these financial arrangements necessarily reflect ignorance of the victim or her family. Rather, I contend that it reflects more signs of an astute and rational financial calculation….” it read in part. Especially where the victim is from a poor family and where the presentation of dowry is an entrenched practice, a financial settlement reflects not just a sophisticated financial consideration but a crucial one.
As a result of defilement, Muhwezi observes, girls end up getting pregnant, dropping out of school or becoming infected with HIV. “But the problem is that in some cases, parents are compromised by accepting money and the offending teachers walk away scot-free.”
These financial settlements prevent criminal prosecution of the crimes thereby, denying Uganda society the ability to protect themselves against the defiler and the public condemnation of the defilement that is necessary to discourage other would-be defilers.
In their research, ANPPCAN (African Network for Protection and Prevention of Children against Abuse and Neglect) found that some of the defilers think that when you have carnal knowledge with a minor you get cleansed from HIV.
A Jinja high court assessor who preferred anonymity also agrees with ANPPCAN. “Yes many people in the villages are lied to by witch doctors that to heal of HIV they should have sex with children-virgins”,
ANPPCAN found out that what encourages this deed is poverty and lack of good parental care. Most parents are happy when they see their children associate with men who are suspicious. In the end these parents suggest negotiations with defilers and have “financial settlements” out of court.
They also reveal that many cases are not reported as victims fear stigmatization (they feel society will not value them if they are identified to have been defiled). Yet others just feel nothing will be done by police who say they are under facilitated to carry out investigations.
The minister of education Hon Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire says the girl child is at risk anywhere. “..On her way to school, she is at risk, at school she is at risk and even back home the girl child is not safe”, she said.
She says her ministry does not tolerate such teachers and warns that if caught, they will be prosecuted and dismissed from service.
“A teacher is, by law, not supposed to have any sexual relations with his pupils. If they do, they are breaking the law and contravening their professional code of conduct,” she notes.
Defilement, besides being immoral and a capital offence, it has a number of effects to the victims ranging from infertility, trauma, unwanted pregnancies, illnesses, contraction of HIV/Aids and other STDs and in extremes death is likely.
Amidst sensitization and civility, defilement tops crime reports.
Uganda has fought arduously against defilement, and with some success. For example, in 1996, Uganda made defilement a capital crime. There also are ongoing efforts to sensitize the police to victims of defilement and to improve the way in which they handle such cases. As a result, there is increased reporting of defilement cases and police officers appear more willing to pursue investigations of such cases.
The resident state attorney Jinja speaks of defilement with a lot of pain and anger. With a long time in the legal service in Jinja he says before defilement was classified as simple and aggravated, it was the number one crime followed by murder. “Currently murder is the leading but defilement both simple and aggravated put together it is still the highest”, he said.
The classification came after a number of complaints from the public and challenges the judiciary was facing in presiding over these cases. The former penal code was criticized for being too lenient with HIV-positive people who rape children. From 1996 such offenders were to face capital punishment but it was never implemented.
Under the laws of Uganda, defilement is defined as having unlawful (without consent) carnal knowledge with a minor (a person below the age of 18years from their first birth day). In simple terms it is ‘child rape’.
Like a plague, defilement affects and can be committed by any one regardless of age, sex, profession. There have been several reports of parents (fathers) defile their own daughters, brothers their own sisters, teachers their students/pupils, pastors their folks, police officers their refugees and the very common is of strangers besides the uncles.
Dr Katend says all categories of people commit this offence and it is especially due to high libido. He contends that people in the central, Busoga region and the Bugisu area have a high libido. “These people want to have sex on a regular basis. They just want to have orgasm and then will feel satisfied, he said.
On the 7th of august 2007 Daily Monitor reported that pastor grace Okello of revival church mission was arrested over defiling a 16 year old girl. On the 18th November, it was reported that a 14 year old orphan stoned a herdsman one Yosefat Mpigika to death. Apparently he had attempted to rape her (which would result into defilement). She has emerged a hero. And most recently 25th November, police constable Emmanuel Mulele was arrested for sexually assaulting a ‘defilement victim’.
Several incidents brought to the lime light are however those of a girl child as victim and little are about the boy child.
Dr Katende, the Jinja police surgeon is the focal person in this area. He handles all cases reported to police as the beginning step in prosecution. Being charged with the duty of examining the complainants gets the first hand story of the victims.
“Apart from cases of ten years and below, most of the victims aged thirteen and above consent, they are given chapatti, small monies and simple promises of knickers and slippers they are conned like adults”, Dr Katende revealed.
Yet the offenders have excuses of not being married, the girl accepting, while others say they are not the first to engage that victim.
There is a case which was dropped by the resident state attorney in Iganga, the police surgeon having found out that the victim-16 years- was five months expecting, her first defiler was serving ten years sentence. The suspect in this case was guilty though not responsible for the victim’s pregnancy. Considering these and several reasons the state attorney dropped the case and ordered for Hamman Wagas 21years of Pakistani nationality.
Some of these defilement cases result into pregnancies. For those who carry them-pregnancies-end up being operated at delivery as their pelvis is still very narrow. This contributes highly to both maternal and infant mortality rates.
A study carried out by Robin Magee of the American bar association and Prof. Hamline of the Minnesota university school of law funded by the World Bank in 2008 found that 4% of upper primary school pupils (P.5 to P.7 aged between 10 and 14 years) in Uganda have been defiled by their teachers in the last one year. While 4% seems a low figure it stands for 43,635 out of 1,090,853 currently in upper primary. This percentage is of pupils who admitted having been defiled by their teachers.
Overall 10% admitted having had sexual relationships, 4 out of 10 had it with their teachers. The study was done by international development consultants on behalf of ministry of education covered 380 schools in 17 districts in all regions.
It reveals that teachers promise them good marks and gifts but even without these promises, pupils fear the likely consequences should they refuse yielding to the teacher’s sexual advances.
The researchers maintain that criminal prosecution of defilers is the best resolution for the victim and, her family. It is believed therefore, that ignorance explains why defilement is settled by a financial arrangement. In other cases, the corrupt financial motives of the victim and her family explain these arrangements. They insist that these financial settlements represent successful attempts to extort money from the accused defiler or his family. The willingness of the victim, her family or both to accept such an arrangement in exchange for pursuing a criminal case against the defiler is definitive evidence of a corrupt motive.
The study doesn’t agree with claims by police, prosecutors, and some researchers who have examined these matters. “….i do not believe these financial arrangements necessarily reflect ignorance of the victim or her family. Rather, I contend that it reflects more signs of an astute and rational financial calculation….” it read in part. Especially where the victim is from a poor family and where the presentation of dowry is an entrenched practice, a financial settlement reflects not just a sophisticated financial consideration but a crucial one.
As a result of defilement, Muhwezi observes, girls end up getting pregnant, dropping out of school or becoming infected with HIV. “But the problem is that in some cases, parents are compromised by accepting money and the offending teachers walk away scot-free.”
These financial settlements prevent criminal prosecution of the crimes thereby, denying Uganda society the ability to protect themselves against the defiler and the public condemnation of the defilement that is necessary to discourage other would-be defilers.
In their research, ANPPCAN (African Network for Protection and Prevention of Children against Abuse and Neglect) found that some of the defilers think that when you have carnal knowledge with a minor you get cleansed from HIV.
A Jinja high court assessor who preferred anonymity also agrees with ANPPCAN. “Yes many people in the villages are lied to by witch doctors that to heal of HIV they should have sex with children-virgins”,
ANPPCAN found out that what encourages this deed is poverty and lack of good parental care. Most parents are happy when they see their children associate with men who are suspicious. In the end these parents suggest negotiations with defilers and have “financial settlements” out of court.
They also reveal that many cases are not reported as victims fear stigmatization (they feel society will not value them if they are identified to have been defiled). Yet others just feel nothing will be done by police who say they are under facilitated to carry out investigations.
The minister of education Hon Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire says the girl child is at risk anywhere. “..On her way to school, she is at risk, at school she is at risk and even back home the girl child is not safe”, she said.
She says her ministry does not tolerate such teachers and warns that if caught, they will be prosecuted and dismissed from service.
“A teacher is, by law, not supposed to have any sexual relations with his pupils. If they do, they are breaking the law and contravening their professional code of conduct,” she notes.
Defilement, besides being immoral and a capital offence, it has a number of effects to the victims ranging from infertility, trauma, unwanted pregnancies, illnesses, contraction of HIV/Aids and other STDs and in extremes death is likely.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Policeman Sexually Assaults Defilement Victim
The Monitor (Kampala)
Uganda: Policeman Sexually Assaults Defilement Victim
Dalton Wanyera
She ran to the Police seeking justice against the monster who had defiled her but her flight only led her in the hands of another defiler.
A police officer in Jinja allegedly defiled a girl who had earlier been defiled, Daily Monitor has learnt.
The girl had been put under his custody shortly after the initial aggressor was arrested.
Daily Monitor could not immediately establish what could have motivated Police Constable Emmanuel Mulere's alleged act on the 14-year-old Primary Seven leaver in Jinja. But the Police said they had locked up the officer attached to Mafubira Sub-county Police Post.
The alleged defilement by the policeman occurred just a day after the girl's mother reported the first defilement on November 17, which got a one Dennis Ngobi, a neighbour to the victim's family, arrested.
As a matter of procedure, the victim had to be examined by a police doctor to ascertain the crime. Ms Aminah Mudowa, the victim's mother, left her behind as she had domestic duties to attend to, and PC Mulele was apparently assigned to stay at the station with the girl as they awaited the arrival of a police doctor.
Used tricks
The policeman is, however, said to have instead lured the girl away from the police station, into a video hall where the two stayed until late in the night. The girl, who was only released back to her family the following day, complained to her mother and the officer was arrested immediately on orders of the South-eastern Regional Police Commander, Mr Christopher Kubai.
By yesterday, PC Mulele was still detained at the Jinja Central Police Station and is due to appear in court today to be formally charged for defilement together with the alleged original defiler, Ngobi.
"This is a very unique case, a police officer failing to take care of the complainant? We are going to handle this," Mr Kubai said.
Jinja police has opened two files, one for the alleged first defiler and the second for the policeman. Efforts to get to the suspects were futile as journalists were not allowed to talk to them.
Uganda: Policeman Sexually Assaults Defilement Victim
Dalton Wanyera
She ran to the Police seeking justice against the monster who had defiled her but her flight only led her in the hands of another defiler.
A police officer in Jinja allegedly defiled a girl who had earlier been defiled, Daily Monitor has learnt.
The girl had been put under his custody shortly after the initial aggressor was arrested.
Daily Monitor could not immediately establish what could have motivated Police Constable Emmanuel Mulere's alleged act on the 14-year-old Primary Seven leaver in Jinja. But the Police said they had locked up the officer attached to Mafubira Sub-county Police Post.
The alleged defilement by the policeman occurred just a day after the girl's mother reported the first defilement on November 17, which got a one Dennis Ngobi, a neighbour to the victim's family, arrested.
As a matter of procedure, the victim had to be examined by a police doctor to ascertain the crime. Ms Aminah Mudowa, the victim's mother, left her behind as she had domestic duties to attend to, and PC Mulele was apparently assigned to stay at the station with the girl as they awaited the arrival of a police doctor.
Used tricks
The policeman is, however, said to have instead lured the girl away from the police station, into a video hall where the two stayed until late in the night. The girl, who was only released back to her family the following day, complained to her mother and the officer was arrested immediately on orders of the South-eastern Regional Police Commander, Mr Christopher Kubai.
By yesterday, PC Mulele was still detained at the Jinja Central Police Station and is due to appear in court today to be formally charged for defilement together with the alleged original defiler, Ngobi.
"This is a very unique case, a police officer failing to take care of the complainant? We are going to handle this," Mr Kubai said.
Jinja police has opened two files, one for the alleged first defiler and the second for the policeman. Efforts to get to the suspects were futile as journalists were not allowed to talk to them.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Conspiracies of Bryan Bukenya – Kazini death
Conspiracies of Bryan Bukenya – Kazini deaths
As I flipped through my copy of Daily Monitor, I was heartbroken with news of Bryan Bukenya’s death. He is the VP's son,yes,a cadet trainee, law graduate, a baby and young woman left behind but rather a young life lost so soon. Am dismayed farther by the mysteries surrounding his death.
We later learn, the vehicle had four people aboard. Only Bryan Bukenya died. According to the driver, at the time of the accident Bryan was fast asleep. Bryan was urging the driver to drive faster. He explained without shame or remorse when he was later found at his brother’s house. Did this Bryan break his sleep, issue instructions at the driver then go to slumber land immediately?
It is said the accident occurred at 5am. Bryan being a cadet trainee and importantly one of Muhoozi’s recruits in PG B, what was he doing out at such an hour? The rules are very strict or was he given special treatment being the VP’s son. The conspiracies ca not just go, but why?
The life of mahogany is threatened now that his hier is no more. with abig following in Buganda region politcaly his physical strength despite the age, he is envied and watched suspiciously by the mafias. Dreams of building his turf has been smashed! Now its the illusion.
While all this had run through my mind the previous day, news of Kazini’s death trickled in. He had been killed by his girl friend 'Draru'. Not even his wife! For several years general Kazini has survived trials and tribulations of war fare, today he is brought down by a girl friend. With no signs of resistance the general armed with a pistol pointing it upwards as Draru testifys in court, he watched ordinary Draru hit him first, second and third time. He collapsed unto his knees, and then fell breathing his last!
A man of Kazini's stature can not succumb to the light weight of an ordinary brush handle raised against him by a woman. How could it cause injur ies of this magnitude?
It is unusual how Draru owned up to the culpability of the offense with out any fear, her backing must be really strong.H e was nursing hopes of unitin his tribesmen,the court battles he was adressing and above all his family-wife and children.Regardless of our character flaw, none of us deserves death more so such a brutal one. Unless you loss some one- one that is really close and dear- you can never know that death is real. that it exists and hurts.
To Draru; One evening while I was a student at Makerere, I happened to attend one of the evening masses. The priest in his summon told us a story of a faith full who came to confess. He said he had been arrested at some time with a rope, and therefore the priest should interced, so God may forgive him. Later the priest found out that actually at the end of this rope was a goat the faith full never mentioned-food for thought.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Man attempts to kill pregnant spouse
Man attempts to kill pregnant spouse
Dalton Wanyera
Jinja October 27, 2009
A man in Kamuli district is on a run allegedly for attempting to kill his spouse. The girl indentified as Nandase Irene aged fifteen years survived being murdered by one Waiswa who allegedly is the boy friend. She is said to be carrying Waiswa’s pregnancy.
It was around 10pm on the night of 24 October after supper when the victim went to ease her self only to meet her fate. It is said waiswa had taken cover around the veranda and cut her across the head repeatedly, kicked her before she could escape back to the house. By the time her father who by that time was in bed came to her rescue, Waiswa had taken off.
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