Buyende, Uganda – Police in Buyende District have arrested a 23-year-old man and a local council chairman for their alleged involvement in the defilement of a 17-year-old juvenile and compounding a felony, respectively. The suspects, identified as Mugeere Wycliff of Namalogwe Village and Mutaka Moses, the LC I Chairman of Bukyaala Village, were taken into custody following the circulation of a viral social media clip showing a traditional marriage ceremony involving the victim and the suspects.

Mukono Police are searching for Isa Olenge, also known as Ali Gandi, a resident of Nabusugwe in Goma Division, Mukono Municipality, who escaped from CPR Medical Center after being hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The suspect is accused of multiple crimes, including assault, property damage, and impersonation.

A bitter family dispute over the paternity of a child has escalated in Kikooza Village, Mukono Municipality, involving Nalweyiso Bridget (22) and her mother, Babirye Babra (45). The conflict arose after Babirye allegedly claimed that she, not her daughter Bridget, gave birth to Bridget’s 2½-year-old child, Lule Latif. Babirye further complicated matters by giving the child to a man named Kamoga Ashraf, whom she claimed was the father.

Two people were brutally murdered, and three houses were set ablaze in Bulambuli District on Monday night following a violent altercation over a romantic relationship. The victims, identified as Yefusa Massette, 37, and Godfrey Kabuto, 48, both residents of Busiango village, Buwabwala parish, Bwikhonge sub-county, lost their lives in the tragic incident.