Alvin who sat his S6 exams at Lubiri Senior Secondary School has been staying with his mother at Wakaliga after his parents’ separation.
Fear gripped the parents and relatives of a Senior Six candidate who went missing for three days as they recovered his dead body from Mulago City Mortuary.
The deceased, Alvin Gift Ssekandi (19), a son to Patrick Ssekandi and Donah Namuli of Lubaga in Kampala Capital City Authority is said to have gone missing after receiving his 2024 UNEB UACE results.
Alvin who sat his S6 exams at Lubiri Senior Secondary School has been staying with his mother at Wakaliga after his parents’ separation. It is alleged that the deceased scored 10 points, something which did not please the mother who tried to show her discontentment to him.
Alvin, who had received his UNEB results on Friday, left his mother’s home on Saturday without notifying anyone and they thought he was coming back home as usual. Unfortunately, he did not come back, something which prompted the parents to report the matter to Police on Sunday.
Upon checking on Police cameras, Alvin was last sighted at Bunnamwaya. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, residents at Kasenyi, Muhamud’s Beach on Monday March 17, 2025 at 4:00pm notified police about a dead body of an adult person which was floating on the lake.
“Police responded, retrieved the body and transported it to Mulago City Mortuary for a post-mortem examination. Later, relatives of the deceased contacted the police, identified the individual, and requested permission to proceed with burial arrangements, promising to report back to the police to provide a formal statement. Entebbe police agreed to their request,” Onyango said.
The number of students committing suicide is growing day by day.
In January 2025, a Senior Four Student at Ntare School in Mbarara City committed suicide after he was forced to bathe.
The 18-year-old Atwine Alvin was a son to one of the teachers at Ntare School known as Tr. Tuheise Peter.
It was reported that Alvin took rat poison after his parents insisted on his bathing which ended his life.
It was reported that Alvin used to go to Ntare fields every evening and returned home to no bathing.
And when the parents tried to compel him to bathe saying enough was enough after he had taken 4 days of missing out, he got angered and decided to take poison which ended his life.
In February, 2025, a Senior Three student at Mpoma Girls School in Nama sub-county, Mukono district identified as Carnelian Maria Ndagire set herself ablaze.
Ndagire succumbed to the injuries she sustained and it was revealed that the matter that sparked the burning of herself was as a result of her parents’ refusal to change her from her school to another school of her choice.
At Seeta High School Main Campus, a Senior Three Student, Elishama Ssesaazi also allegedly hanged himself in the dormitory.
However, though it’s been over a month ever since the incident happened, Police have not yet come out with any statement regarding Elishama’s death.
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