30 Miles: 30 Victims of Child Sacrifice: PART 6& 7: MILES 16,17,18,19,20 & 21

Mile 16: Name: CHRISTOPHER, O; Age: 3 (M); Parents: Father: Odong Peter of Kooma village, Oyam District.  Date of attack: December 15th, 2008. Christopher’s decomposing body was recovered at a nearby bush close to his parent’s home with some parts missing, including the liver, heart, and pancreas.   Odyek Nelson, a fisherman on lake Kyoga was arrested, produced in court and is on remand at Lira prison.  The case was committed to the High Court but hearing date not yet fixed...

Note: I am glad that for some of these cases, the justice systems seems to be working!

The End Child Sacrifice Car signed by me and the First Lady

Mile 17: Name: JOSEPH, N; Age: 19 (M); Parents: Undisclosed.  Reported missing on April 25th, 2008 to Mbale Municipal Council. Joseph was a student of Mbale Senior Secondary School.  He went missing on the stated date and has never been seen again.  It is suspected that Joseph was sacrificed for a new bus bought by one of his relatives. Josephs' case file, at the time of the report, was with Central Police General Crimes unit in collaboration with the Anti Sacrifice Task Force.  Several key statements had been recorded from the suspected individuals which were not named for this report.  File pending submission to higher court...

Mile 18: Name: SCOVIA, A; Age: Unknown: Parents: Undisclosed.  Date of incident: February 16th, 2009. Reported to Soroti, Municipality, Soroti District.  Scovia was a student of St. Immaculate Senior Secondary School in Soroti.  At the time of the incident she was in Senior 2 and living at the schools hostels with other students.  Scovia’s body was found in the compound of Hilders’ Primary School, in Soroti without the head and with the puberty hair shaved off.  She was lured away from the Hostel by her boyfriend, Ocana Paul. On February 18th, 2009, Scovia's head was recovered not far from the school.  4 people,including the boyfriend,  Oluka Alex, Opio Francis and Ebulu were arrested and  charged in court for murder on February 23rd, 2009.  Scovia's case, like many others was committed to the High court but there has been no hearing date...

Mile 19: Name: UNIDENTIFIED; Age: Female 3?; Parents: Undisclosed/Unknown of Nakawolole, Mukono Town Council.  Reported to Mukono Police Station on November 17th, 2009.  On the same day, at 1500 hrs, a decomposing body of unidentified female child of about 3 years of age was found along the roadside at Nakawolole valley in Kitete, with the private parts cut off.  The child was suspected to have been used for ritual sacrifice. Alongside her body, was a dead calf whose eyes had been removed.  No suspect was arrested.  No helpful clues as yet. Case also remains open...

The road from my village to Kiwoko--the 2oth mile!

Mile 20: Name: UNDISCLOSED; Age: 4 months old female. Reported to Kawempe Police Station (SD: 61).  Parents: Assimwe Medius and Ssenabulya Joseph Kityo residents of Lifula Zone, Bwaise, Kawempe.  On December 21st, 2009, a body of a four months old baby girl was recovered with the head cut off and buried under the bed.  The remaining body part was buried in Bulenga near the garden of SEWAVA ANIFA.  3 suspects were arrested and taken to court including the father, mother, and the owner of the garden where the body was recovered from.  The suspected accomplice who is a witchdoctor, Mr. Mulindwa John, is currently on the run.  Investigations continue…

Mile 21: Name: Furub, L. Age: Undisclosed (Male); Parents: Father: Lometo Peter, a peasant and resident of Kibuye, Lwampanga Sub County, Nakasongola.  Reported to Nakasongola Police Station (CRB #: 1017/09).  On December 9th, 2009, at 1000hrs, Furub’s decomposing body was found with the head cut off and lying beside his body.  Furub’s tongue and heart were also missing suspected to have been used in ritual sacrifice.  No suspect was arrested.  To date, there have been no helpful clues to guide the investigation.  Case remains open…

I have not altered these stories in anyway, so they appear here as they do in the original report.  In writing these stories, I have been tempted to clean up the language and present to you something that is a little easier to digest.  But that would not do justice to the lives of the children on whose behalf we seek an end to this cruel practice.

A complete report can be found here: http://www.jubileecampaign.co.uk/child-sacrifice-report .  On this page you can also sign a petition to end child sacrifice.  If you live in the UK, please don’t hesitate to browse here for more information on how to engage and support the End Child Sacrifice Campaign.

For more information on Rose’s Journey in Dallas this weekend please see: http://narrowroadintl.org/Narrow_Road__Roses_Journey.html