Lamula Nandobya, 9 years old primary three pupil of Makindye zone in Kangulumira town council, Kayunga district hanged herself in a house room as a result of fearing her mother’s punishment after allegedly stealing charcoal from a neighbor (Ms Salima Namuwoma) to prepare breakfast.
The district officer in charge of the criminal investigations department, Mr. Innocent Dusabe speaking to daily monitor, he confirmed the allegations.
“When the neighbour found her stealing the charcoal, she (Namuwoma) got infuriated and threatened to report her to her mother, Ms Fauza Kyebayenda, who had by that time gone to Amber Court in Jinja Town to sell fruits,” said Dusabe.
“I later saw her entering their house. I thought the matter had been settled,” Said a neighbor who preferred anonymity after recounting how the deceased was pleading for forgiveness after Namuwoma threatened to report her to her mother.
After the whole drama, it is said that the deceased went inside one of their house’s rooms and was found attempting to take her life by her elder sister (Rauma Nandobya) who was left with them to take care of them.
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Rauma said she found her standing on a blue plastic chair tying a rope on one of the poles telling her that she cannot wait for her mother to beat her, however she told her to stop her attempt as she went outside to take care of other little siblings.
“l never went back to the room and it was our mother, who upon returning home, asked for her whereabouts and I told her she was in that room. On checking the room, she found her dangling by the rope dead,” She added then broke into tears.
The deceased was supposed to go to school but didn’t because their school is currently shut down due to recent teacher’s strike of being under paid.
The deceased’s body was later taken to Kayunga hospital for postmortem.
