Police in Manyama village in Luweero district has netted 6 persons from the same family for reportedly ending the life of a 3-year-old girl in a ritual sacrifice for wealth. Fatina Mumbejja Nandawula the deceased was killed in cold blood by her greedy biological father and uncles. They are accused of conniving with three ‘witch […]
Police in Manyama village in Luweero district has netted 6 persons from the same family for reportedly ending the life of a 3-year-old girl in a ritual sacrifice for wealth.
Fatina Mumbejja Nandawula the deceased was killed in cold blood by her greedy biological father and uncles.
They are accused of conniving with three ‘witch doctors’ at Bombo town council who reportedly inflicted multiple wounds on the child to the neck, back, legs, face, and even fire burns.
The grieving mother to the deceased Stella Anyango narrates that on that fateful day, the uncle Habib Musanja arrived home and asked to take Mumbejja to visit her sick grandmother Hajarah Zawedde on the orders of her father Bashir Walugembe.
Anyango says the father Walugembe returned home carrying the dead body of the child, claiming that Mumbejja was attacked by evil spirits before she died in the process.
Anyango says that the story was unbelievable after finding the dead body with multiple wounds which raised suspicions that she was killed in ritual murder.
Isah Ssemwogerere the Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson said that Police have since arrested six family members who confirmed the child died in the shrine.
Ssemwogerere says that the family members and three ‘witch doctors’ on run face charges of murder.
Mumbejja’s body has since been buried at her ancestral home at Manyama village.
According to the Police crime report, at least 13 cases of ritual murders were reported in 2019 across the country.
