Kyambogo lecturer on the run after defiling 16-year-old disabled girl

According to the Monday, January 22 statement, Lawrence, who is a dean in the Faculty of Special Needs and Rehabilitation, and also a project administrator of 'All We See is Possibility' -- absconded from police bond on December 14, 2023, and disappeared.

His case file was sanctioned on December 13 for the aggravated defilement of the said girl when he is HIV positive and also a person in authority over the victim, which is contrary to sections 129(3), 4(b), (c) and (d) of the Penal Code Acts.

The victim was a beneficiary of the aforementioned project. The suspect's three sureties -- Lawrence Olobo, Gertrude Adoch, and Paul Among -- have been tasked to produce him before the DPC at Jinja Road Police Division.

The facts gathered indicate that the suspect traveled as a caretaker with four students including the 16-year-old disabled victim to Nairobi, Kenya for a conference, and returned on December 10.

He picked up his car that he had left at the airport and gave a lift to the students. He first dropped two students from Gulu University at Namayiba Taxi Park, and they traveled to Gulu. He then dropped the third student at North Hall, Kyambogo University, and remained with the victim, who had a visual impairment, in the car. [She can only see during day time while using glasses, but can't see at night).

He drove together with the victim from around 10.20 P.M. up to Namugongo Nsawo village in Kira municipality. It was established that along the way, the victim requested water, which was bought at a supermarket along Ndagire Road in Naalya. The victim fell unconscious after taking the water. Upon gaining consciousness, she felt some pain around her private parts and realised she had been sexually assaulted. The sexual assault took place in the car.

The following morning her maternal uncle drove her back to her school in Mukono and she revealed her ordeal to the senior woman teacher, who alerted the school head teacher, and the matter was reported to Mukono police. The victim was immediately put on post-rape treatment. The DNA samples that were recovered from the suspect's car, a Toyota Wish, registration number UBA 349Z, matched with the samples found on the body of the victim.

According to Enanga, detectives will continue to work with crime intelligence and other law enforcement partners to locate the suspect and bring closure to the alleged heinous crime.