Police in Sheema district have arrested two people who allegedly set ablaze a boys’ dormitory at Bright Age primary school in Kanyegenyege cell, Masheruka town council.

Mr. Marcial Tumusiime, the greater Bushenyi police spokesperson identified the suspects as Ms. Jovelyne Kasande, 40, a cook, and a 14-year-old juvenile, Dassy Natumanya who is also a pupil at the same school.

 Mr. Tumusiime said explains that on  the 15/01/2023 at around 7:50 pm a police officer, Sgt Arinaitwe Sedrack saw huge smoke at Bright Age primary school neighboring Masheruka police station, he alerted all police officers in the Barracks and they responded to the scene and find a boy dormitory on fire,”.

According to Julius Luyima, the OC at Masheruka police station who participated in extinguishing the fire together with pupils and locals, Natumanya conspired with Kasande to have the dormitory torched.

 Ms. Kasande the cook reportedly  gave Natumanya a matchbox to light the fire, and he lit his own mattress and the fire spread to other mattresses and the whole dormitory was down in the process and after the incident, the suspect rushed and joined other pupils in the classroom,”  .

According to police, primary seven pupils are back at school, and classes are running normally. It is said that the fire affected only the boys’ dormitory and that despite the destruction and loss of properties worth millions of shillings, there was no loss of life.

The suspects have been transferred from Masheruka police station to Sheema central police station.

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  • Hamphury

    18/01/2023

    All the news are a bout sheema

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