Rubanda teacher committed to high court for defiling 15 year old pupil
By Moses Agaba
The Kabale Grade I Magistrates court has committed to high court t a 31 years primary school teacher for trial over alleged defilement and impregnating of his 15 years old pupil he was teaching.
Court that was preside d over by His worship Julius Mutabazi heard from the prosecution led by Rachael Nkwanzi that Augustine Twinobusingye in September 2023 while at Crane preparatory in Rubanda district has unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl aged 15 years who was his pupil contrally to section 129 sub section 3 and 4 (a) of the penal code act.
Prosecution told court that Twinobusingye who was a teacher at crane preparatory school on several occasions would give Promise Nahabwe who was a primary seven pupil some homework which he would take to him for marking at his home and would later ask him to remove her knickers and would then defile her.
Court heard that in December 2023 after breaking off for holidays Nahabwe didn’t tell her mother that she was pregnant the mother just knew it from rumors in the village that she was pregnant it was then that on January 25th 2024 that she sent her to the nurse who colluded with Twinobusingye and she was told that she was not pregnant but they planned to abort it at Hamurwa health center IV it was there that the health workers informed her mother , it was upon interrogation that Nahabwe said that it was teacher Agustino that has been always telling her to remove her knickers as he would have a sexual act with her.
When the case was reported to the head teacher of Crane Preparatory school, Burazio Turihohabwe he went awol until some time when he came back asking to be given back his job it was then that he was arrested .
Nkwanzi told court that investigations are over as she asked court that he be committed to court as she presented the committal letters it was then that his worship Mutabazi committed Twinobusingye to the high court for trial.