In yet another sad occurrence, 14-year-old Ashraf Mulongo, a P5 pupil of Wansimba Primary School in Butagaya sub-county, Jinja district, boxed his colleague Collins Lyagoba (15), to death when they ignited a physical battle in the absence of the teacher.
In a bid to look for extra income to complement his parents’ meagre school fees, Anthony Musembya (15) was buried in a story quarry as he was mining stones.
Musembya was a pupil in Namasagali Primary School and he died on Wednesday at Kisaikye zone A in Namasagali sub-county, Kamuli district.
Busoga North police spokesperson Samson Lubaga said the deceased sought permission from his mother not to attend school as he was feeling unwell, but later sneaked away and joined stone quarrying youths.
Being a rainy season, the quarry walls, apparently weakened by rain water, gave way and curved in and buried him.
Lubaga said police sources have indicated that the quarry was operating illegally. Residents called in the police who picked the boy’s body to a mortuary.
In yet another sad occurrence, 14-year-old Ashraf Mulongo, a P5 pupil of Wansimba Primary School in Butagaya sub-county, Jinja district, boxed his colleague Collins Lyagoba (15), to death when they ignited a physical battle in the absence of the teacher.
Mulongo is said to have pulled a chair from under Lyagoba who crushed to the floor and before he could realize what was happening, he pounced on him and started showering him with blows, until he began breathing heavily and the other children got concerned and reported the matter to superiors.
His situation worsened and they bundled him onto a bodaboda to take him to hospital, but his life deteriorated further and he died before they could get to the hospital.
The school head teacher George Waibi and the errant learner Mulongo were arrested and taken to Buwenge police as the investigations in the case commenced.
