Police in Ntungamo are hunting for a key suspect behind a fire that gutted Kyamate Secondary school, causing the death of one student.
13-year-old Bonus Atukwatse roasted to death after his fellow students set the dormitory he was sleeping in ablaze. They used petrol from a jerrycan to burn down two dormitories including Nyerere and Mandela at 9:30pm on Sunday night .
Three other students including Marvin Nuwenyesiga, Isaiah Ajjuna, and Lisbon Amanya were also injured in the same fire as they attempted to save their property.
Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, says that police have picked up four suspects and are hunting for the prime suspect identified as Wilber Tumushabe, who was suspended indefinitely from the school last week for alleged indiscipline.
It is alleged that the prime suspect connived with the four to burn down the dormitories using petrol in revenge for his suspension from school. He was suspended two weeks ago for bullying the deceased who consequently reported him to the school authorities.
Tumushabe is a son to a teacher at Kabumba Primary School in Kajara Town Council, Ntungamo District.
Kyamate is a prestigious school in Ntungamo district because it is where President Yoweri Museveni and First lady Janet Museveni studied.
Meanwhile; Sixteen pupils of Kitura Church of Uganda Primary School in Kitura Sub County Kiruhura district sustained serious injuries following the collapse of the Primary 3 and 5 classroom block at around 5 pm on Monday evening.
The injured pupils are recieving treatment at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Mbarara City where they were referred from Kitura Health Center III. Wilberforce Babu, the head teacher of Kitura Church of Uganda Primary School, says that the pupils had taken shelter in the classroom from rain when the walls and the roof collapsed.
He says they rushed the injured pupils to Kitura Health center III where 16 pupils were referred to Bwizibwera Health Center IV. He, however, says that they found one nurse and no beds to admit the injured pupils prompting her to refer them to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
