Girl Serves Six-Hour Jail Term For Killing Her Rapist Father

A court in Uganda sentenced a teen age girl to a
six-hour jail term for killing her rapist father
It was probably one of the most unusual
sentences delivered in the country, but the case
was just as unusual as it was heartrending.
The Masaka High Court presided over by Lady
Justice Margaret Oumo Oguli, Monday heard
that 18-year-old girl killed her father on May 8,
after he had molested her.
It was not the first time he was doing so. The
58-year-old man had been molesting the
daughter repeatedly from the time she was 13
years old.
Prosecution led by Peter Mugisha told court that
the convict violently killed her father using a
knife and a panga after the deceased performed
sexual acts against her.
Mr Mugisha, however, asked court to give her a
maximum sentence which requires death, saying
the act she performed was illegal.
A lenient sentence
His argument was that she should have reported
the matter to police and not killed him.
Defence led by Mr Edward Kikirengoma, however,
did not agree with the State, saying the act the
father did to his daughter was condemned,
especially in Buganda Kingdom.
Mr Kikirengoma told court that the convict
needed to take charge of her life since she had
become tired of her father's cruel acts, adding
that court should look into the condition of the
girl as she was six months pregnant, with the
child of her father.
"..... revealed that as she was sleeping in the
house, she did not know that her mother, 56,
had gone out; her father learnt that his wife
wasn't in the house and came into her bed and
molested her. Since they were living in a one-
room rented house, the father took advantage of
his own children," Mr Kikirengoma said.
It emerged that the man had also impregnated
his three other daughters.
Defence therefore asked court to give the killer a
lenient sentence.