Police in Kampala are holding two people who allegedly trafficked, Moreen Mbabazi alongside two other girls, to Oman, in the Middle East where she was forced her into acts of sexual slavery as she was repeatedly gang raped and sodomized. During the weekly press briefing at the Police headquarters in Naguru yesterday(Monday 18th March,2019), Police […]
Police in Kampala are holding two people who allegedly trafficked, Moreen Mbabazi alongside two other girls, to Oman, in the Middle East where she was forced her into acts of sexual slavery as she was repeatedly gang raped and sodomized.
During the weekly press briefing at the Police headquarters in Naguru yesterday(Monday 18th March,2019), Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, told journalists that the girls were trafficked to Oman in May 2018 through Busia border to Nairobi and then to Oman. On arrival, their phones and passports were confiscated and Mbabazi was immediately retained by her agent in Oman, only identified as Mohammed, who raped her alongside six other men.
Enanga identified the suspects as ; Emmanuel Sekayiba and Jane Namusoke.
Three months in Oman, Mbabazi’s situation worsened and through a Nigerian lady, she established contact with Sekayiba and begged him to help her return to Uganda.
Unfortunately, Sekayiba instead traveled to Oman and transferred her to another home where she was further subjected to rape by the head of the home. She again accessed a mobile phone and sent a WhatsApp message to her family in Uganda to do all they could to rescue her.
Mbabazi is currently under the care of Sophie Namutebi alias Maama Fiina as she awaits justice to be delivered.
Enaga says the two suspects will soon be arraigned in court to face charges of human trafficking.
According to the 2017 police crime report ,human trafficking crimes rose by 29.3 per cent and women were more affected followed by children. A total of 177 cases were registered in 2017 compared to 125 registered in 2016. Oman accounted for 26.8 per cent out of 258 people trafficked in 2018 . 10 victims returned with mental disorders and physical signs of torture.
The report further indicates that at least 131 out of 178 suspects arrested over human trafficking were charged in court whereby 17 were convicted by close of the year, 2018. 148 out of 249 girls trafficked to Asian countries were rescued alive whereas 90 were still stranded and one was recovered dead.
