Female teacher arrested over promoting lesbianism in school

The Kiira regional police spokesperson, James Mubi, revealed that the teacher was arrested after her alleged lesbian partner reported her to Police for neglecting her and engaging in recruiting girls into lesbianism in school.

“Her alleged Lesbian partner, a 30-year-old, surrendered to police. We have the couple in our custody. The partner claims the teacher has been cheating on her and not providing her with basic needs,” he said in an interview at the weekend.

He added: “But the suspect testified to police that she rented a house for her partner and set up for her timber business and she disputed allegations of not providing basic needs to her alleged lesbian partner.”

He said the two will be taken to court on charges of sexual harassment once the case file has been concluded.

This came a day after hundreds of parents stormed PMM Girls’ School in Jinja City on Friday, protesting against the alleged existence of the teacher promoting homosexuality and lesbianism.

The angry parents, who were blocked from entering the school, were demanding to take away their children after several social media reports accused the teacher of spoiling their daughters.

The chairperson of the old girls’ school association, Rose Kalembe, said the teacher should be suspended from school because she is “tarnishing its image”.

“I was here in the 1990s and had never heard of lesbian issues in this school. The suspected teacher was also a student in this school, and as old girls, we have to do something,” she said.

 It is alleged that parents had approached school administration about the issue but their alleged delayed handling of the matter prompted the parents’ action.

The school administration declined to comment on the matter, when contacted.

The Jinja City Education Officer, Haruna Mulopa, said they have left the issue to police to handle.

“We can’t decide because we are not judges or lawyers. Since there are still allegations we can’t give any comments,” he said.