Six children kidnapped in two months

BUSIA. Police in Busia have decried the increasing cases of children being kidnapped in the district.
A new police report released at the weekend indicates that six children have been kidnapped in the district from January to February by unknown assailants.
The Bukedi regional police spokesperson, Mr Sowali Kamulya, told Daily Monitor that the rate at which children are being kidnapped is worrying the security team and locals.
“We have started investigating the cause of this. Unknown assailants are targeting only school children,” Mr Kamulya said last Sunday.

He explained that out of six children kidnapped, one was killed, four are still missing and one was found.
He identified the deceased as Hassan Wesamba, a Primary Six pupil at Madibira Primary School.
He was found dead near an imcomplete building in Mawero Village in Busia.
Mr Abdu Wesamba, the father of the deceased, told Daily Monitor that his son was kidnapped by unknown assailants as he played with other children in Solo Village.
He revealed that a day after his child was kidnapped, he received strange calls from someone who demanded Shs3m to have his son released.

Mr Kamulya also identified one of the children who are still missing as Justine Amukyebe, 2. Noah Malumba, 7, a pupil of St Jude Nursery Primary School, was found.
According to police, after unknown assailants have kidnapped the children, they start demanding between Shs3m and Shs15m ransom.
Mr Kamulya said since then, they have arrested several people in connection with the crime to help police with investigation.

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