Katakwi district authorities have given the education department an ultimatum of two days to transfer a head teacher whose staff allegedly defiled and impregnated a primary- five pupil.
Moses Ekunyu, the head teacher of Apuuton Primary School is accused of failing to put in place measures to protect the girl child from sexual abuse.
It comes days after the victim’s father, Sam Emukoki, reported the case of defilement against Romanos Okello, a teacher at Apuuton Primary School.
The teacher, who is at large is reported to have taken advantage of the weak administration of the school to access and defile the pupil who was in the boarding section.
The reports from the school indicate that Okello could call the pupil to his house under the guise of helping with classwork to defile her.
Yesterday, Katakwi Resident District Commissioner, Rtd. Maj. Geoffrey Katamba, the LC V Chairperson, Geoffrey Omolo, and the Police visited the school on a fact-finding mission.
The RDC who chaired the meeting, says that they discovered administrative weaknesses like laxity in supervision, which expose the girls in the boarding section to sexual harassment. RDC Katamba speaking 1….
Apuuton, a model school with a record of academic excellence in Katakwi district mainly hires single young adults, which the RDC notes could be another danger to the learners in the boarding section.
The suspect Mr. Romanos Okello was terminated. Katamba speaking 2….
The RDC added that they have recommended a pregnancy check-up of all the girls and a boost of the security at the school including the deployment of experienced matrons to safeguard the learners. END.