Uganda: Why Are Students a Target for Murder?

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Of late, cases of rape and murder of students have become common in the media and in police briefings. A case in point is in Mbiko village in Buikwe District where residents found the body of an unidentified woman in her mid-20s dumped in a maize plantation.

The deceased had injuries on her head and it is suspected that she was beaten to death by unknown assailants. This incident comes nearly a fortnight after 19-year-old Desire Mirembe, daughter of Kalungu District chairperson Emmanuel Musoke, was found dead in a sugarcane plantation in Lugazi also in Buikwe District.

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