A minor has died at the children’s reception center at Kamuli central police station. The deceased is 12-year-old, Hadijah Namukombe. She reportedly died on Wednesday night. Namukombe was first registered as a lost and found child at Kiyunga police post in Kisozi sub county in Kamuli district on August 28th, 2022.
At officer attached to the Child and Family Protection Unit-CFPU, who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity says that Namukombe appeared healthy and played freely with other children at the center. “The child never presented any abnormalities throughout her stay at the center but it was shocking to learn about her death within the unit,” she said.
Busoga North Region police spokesperson, Michael Kasadha says that the child is suspected to have succumbed to an epileptic attack, which occurred in the night. He says that they have handed over the deceased’s body to Kamuli general hospital mortuary for an autopsy to ascertain the exact cause of the death.
Kasadha challenged members of the public to desist from child abuse, which has forced some of them to seek refuge at the children’s reception center.
