On 24/10/2016 a team
from Rwenzori Rural & Urban Development Organization (RUDO-Uganda) visited Nyarukamba
Primary School to monitor the state of service school and to identify the challenges
the school experience and how the school management has managed to address such
challenges.
“During our visit it
was observed that a primary six girl dropped out of school as a result of
getting pregnant, to us this was a big surprise and blow, this forced us to
organize another meeting with the girl (Mbambu Jessica) , the School Management
Committee, PTA Chairpersons and the
parents to understand what really happened and as a forum how can we help to
identify the man who defiled the girl”. Said Kule Vincent the leader of the forum
Vincent added we went
ahead and held a meeting with the head
teacher Mr. Tibakunirwa John and this is what he said, ‘’I learnt of Jessica
our pupil being pregnant first from her friends at school and I thought these
were just rumors, but I went ahead and sent for Jessica to know what is wrong
with her but she denied being pregnant, so I took her words and her confession.
The head teacher added I held several talks with Jessica but
she has never accepted that she was pregnant, so I took a step to go ahead and invite
a medical personnel to the school to conduct a pregnancy test on her, that day
she ran out of the school and went home . I was surprised one day when police
officers came to our school to arrest our teacher Mr.
Bakwirison Moris for a defilement case and making Jessica pregnant as the main
suspect, but the teacher denied everything and he was not arrested.
As a school with the help of the forum we went ahead to meet
Jessica’s father who told us that her daughter was pregnant and the main
suspect is Mr. Moris Bakwirison the teacher at school, different family members
of the girl got concerned and called for the meeting with the suspect for
negotiations at his home.
“The teacher was
engaged in the meeting but he denied all the allegations and called for DNA
test which he accepted to pay for. The family failed to handle the case and
sought for support and help from police, when the police came to arrest the teacher
he had already escaped from school and from his home.” Said Jessica’s
relative.
“I don’t know the real
father of the kid am carrying because I first slept with Mr. Bakwirison Moris (
teacher) but later I also had sex with Baluku Jeremiah the son of Musa
Isembugheki & Kayikubulha a game ranger but am sure the pregnancy is for
the teacher”, Said Mbambu Jessica.
“As forum members we
are still following this case, we have alerted the police, NGOS, DEO , LCIII of
the area, media and we request for support from anyone to go ahead and carry
the DNA test to know who is the father of the baby, so that action can be
taken, however Jessica needs to undergo
Counseling and HIV/AIDS test, antenatal care, health and nutrition support, she
needs to be counseled to go back to school after giving birth”. Said
Vincent Kule the leader of RUDO Forum.
We are grateful to all the development partners for the
support.
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