Makindye Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 36-year-old mother who allegedly hired out her 14-year-old to have sex with different men in exchange for cash and food handouts.
Zura Mukamana, a resident of Masajja Kibira ‘B’ zone in Makindye-Ssabagabo together with Fred Bulega, 41, who is alleged to have had sexual intercourse with the girl have been jointly charged with aggravated trafficking of Children.
Patience Ronah Tukundane, the Grade One Magistrate did not allow the duo to say anything in court because their case is capital in nature that can only be by the High Court.
Prosecution claims that the two during the month of December 2019 at Masajja Kibira ‘B’ zone Masajja by threat or use of force received and transferred a 14-year-old juvenile to the home of Bulega for sexual exploitation.
Mukamana and Bulega were remanded to Kitalya and Kigo government prisons respectively until June 5, 2020, for mention of their case after the state prosecutor, Gertrude Apio told court that Police were still investigating the case.
The two were arrested following a viral video that circulated on different social media platforms in which the girl claimed that she was being forced by her mother to have sexual intercourse with men.