Police in Entebbe is investigating circumstances under which a 12 year old girl ,identified as Naluyima Kotrida allegedly committed suicide Thursday evening in Nkumba central ,Katabi town council.

According to the angry locals, the girl and her sister were abandoned and were living in isolation as their  father and step mother, Hellen Makamazib had even sent them out of their main house and given them a ram shackled house which was fit for a dog.

Police took the body to Mulago hospital mortuary for postmortem.

A number of people have in the past committed suicide for a number of issues related to their lives and relationships.

Ronald Mutaka, 38, a parish chief for Kigalama parish, Namutumba sub- County in Namutumba district early this year took his own life after being told by doctors that he would never sire children following a family planning procedure.

He was found hanging on a mango tree.

In 2018, Devana Gireesh, a 23 year-old Indian national was founding hanging in a hotel room in Mubende town after losing shs50 million in betting.