Teacher arrested for filming minors, forcing them to reenact sexual acts

The Police in Bujjuuko, Mpigi district have arrested a school staff member who recorded and shared a video instructing learners to re-act a sexual act they had earlier been found doing.

The teacher is identified as Juliet Nantongo who is also one of the administrators of the school and a wife to the school director.

According to a source, the police first arrested the husband, Abdul Ssenkandwa Muwonge alias Mulangira, who later led them to the wife. 

By press time, police were still consulting the Resident State Attorney in Mpigi to advise on charges that can be slapped against Nantongo as the hunt for other suspects continues.

However, it is still unclear whether or not the arrested is a trained teacher.

Last week, social media was awash with an embarrassing video showing four little minors involved in a sexual act. With the video, Humphrey Tumwesigye, a concerned citizen and parent, wrote to the Uganda National Teachers Union (Unatu) seeking reprimand for the adults, believed to be teachers, behind the filming of two pupils being forced by a cane-wielding woman to engage in sexual acts.

On Friday, police working with the National Children Authority and Ministry of Education were able to establish that the video was recorded from Vision Academy Nursery and Primary located in Muduuma sub-county, Mpigi district.

By the time police reached the school, which turned out to be unlicensed and operating illegally, the staff members had fled, leaving behind around ten pupils under the care of the school security guard.