Police in Oyam have arrested a 31-year-old man for defiling a three (3)years old girl.
It's reported that Orach Denis, 31, on Thursday 29th September 2022 at around 11:20 AM lured the minor into his grass thatched house and sexually assaulted her.
This was only realized by the mother of the minor when the young girl told her that Orach gave her a jolly jas and had penetrated her naked injuring the private several times.
After trying to bathe her, the mother of the 3-year-old girl said she was bathing her daughter and checked only to find that the private part was really swollen.
After reporting the matter to Adako-Ber-iot police post and later taken to Loro police station
The North Kyoga Police spokesperson SP Patrick Jimmy Okema said, the police are still investigating the matter and once investigations are completed, they will forward the file to the RSA for further legal action.
According to the Uganda penal code act, section 129 (3) any person who performs a sexual act with another person who is below the age of eighteen years in any of the circumstances specified in subsection (4) commits a felony on conviction one is liable to suffer death. (4) c, if the offender is a parent or guardian of or a person in authority over, the person against whom the offence is committed.
