Following a viral video that circulated on different social media platforms in which Nakiboneka Sophia, a 14-year-old girl claimed that she was being forced by her mother to have sexual intercourse with men, Katwe Police Station has arrested Zura Mukamana, 36, a mother of the daughter in the video.
In the same operation, one of the suspects, Fred Bulega, 41, who is alleged to have had sexual intercourse with the girl was also arrested.
Before the viral video, Mukamana had reported to Police a case of disappearance of her daughter at Salama and Police started investigations. Sophia was later recovered from her father’s home where she had run for refuge.
The father took the girl to Police and investigations led to the arrest of the second man – John Mwesigye, 18, who is also said to have had sexual intercourse with the girl. Mwesigye has since been charged and remanded on the offence of defilement.
Bulega, who is also alleged to have defiled the girl, is still in detention as investigations and medical examinations continue.
“Both case files with a range of offences will be submitted to the Director of Public Prosecution for perusal and sanctioning as soon as investigations are done,” said Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire.
He added, “We thank the girl for standing for her human rights and for reporting a criminal case to Police as the Constitution tasks every citizen to do.”
Sophia has since been handed over to the father as investigations go on.