Tendo Nalwadda, the mother of a 14-year-old boy who allegedly died of multiple organ failure after receiving a COVID-19 injection, has dragged the government and a private school to Mpigi High Court demanding compensation.
In her suit, Nalwada accuses the government and St. Martin Secondary School, a private school in Jjanya, Mpigi district, of giving her son, Jonathan Luyinda, a former senior 2 student, the COVID-19 jab without their consent.
She alleged that the school administration allowed the Ministry of health staff from Mpigi district health center IV to vaccinate her son without her consent.
Nalwadda says her son developed complications after receiving the first dose of Pfizer on February 8, before he died in July due to multiple organ failure.
Through her lawyers at Alto Advocates, Nalwadda is seeking special damages for negligence, unauthorized COVID-19 vaccination of a minor, loss of life, loss of dependency, care, pain, and suffering.
The court document states that “the officials of the first respondent (AG) refused to provide us with the postmortem report upon request, but rather the pathologist gave us a note authorizing the removal of the body from the mortuary.”
She is now seeking compensation for Shs20 million in general damages, medical bills, and burial expenses, as well as another Shs5 billion.
The court has directed the accused parties (Attorney General and private school) to file their responses within 15 days.