This week in our small town the news has been the shocking murders. The shocking one was the murder of Esther a school girl in Soroti. The other has been killing of two people in Katakwi and the massive accident that claimed five lives along Soroti Mbale Road.
Esther, a beautiful girl was found brutally murdered with her head chopped off near a church founded school on 19.02.09. In the recent weeks, there have been stories of ritual murders generally in the country. A boy kidnapped here, another baby chopped off to death that way and a witchdoctor there arrested.
A lot of these stories have appeared in the local press and FM stations that have tended to ignore or down played the political stories in country.
The circumstance under which Esther was murdered is not clear. Police has launched it is investigations to pursue Esther’s killers. After two days, the head of Esther was found thrown in a suburb in Town. The police is tight leaped about the story and reluctant for the media to take photographs of suspects.
Although, the alleged killers of Esther were apprehended, they will not be the first type of culprits to be held of brutal murders in Uganda.
In 2005, a Ugandan prominent female Lawyer was brutally murdered in front of her house. After investigations the suspects and key - among them was a prominent Ugandan doctor who was the husband to deceased were arrested and charged with murder.
The whole case ended in favor of the accused. The doctor maintained his innocence despite the fact his children testified against him. The judge said the doctor only remained a high suspect and there was no substantive evidence to convict him for murder.
Now this case of Esther with the shocking manner in which she was murdered and police reluctant to reveal the details of the suspects, it will be an interesting case in court once more. It will be more painful especially if police gathers the necessary evidence and the accused are left to go scort free.
The suspects were produced before court on 24.02.2009. The trial magistrate did not allow them to enter plea sighting the fact that his court does not have powers to hear capital cases of that nature.
Most people here are observing how the legal drama of this case kicks off. Others are wondering, what could however influence one to murder a simple girl in her tender age? According to Esther’s mother who police detained briefly, her daughter was a very humble and lively girl.
What remains unaswered is what could be the motives of the killers? This is a mystery.
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