Police are investigating circumstances under which a teenage boy committed suicide after allegedly impregnating a 15-year-old girl in Kyotera District.
Kennedy Ssempijja, 16, is said to have been in a relationship with the 15-year-old girl (name withheld for ethical reasons).
According to his brother, Kennedy took a bottle of Paraquat – a pesticide, he previously used in his garden.
“The girl’s parents came to our home and confronted our parents accusing my brother of impregnating their daughter and they asked Kennedy to either marry her or else they take the matter to authorities. They asked for Shs100,000 saying it was to take care of their pregnant daughter,” his brother said as reported by the Daily Mirror.
He said his brother declined to pay the money that was demanded by the parents of the girls as he denied being in a relationship with the girl.
Kennedy insisted the girl was in several other relationships with other men and couldn’t marry her since he was still young.
George William Tello, father to Kennedy said his son had an ambition of becoming an engineer and unfortunately has died before fulfilling his dreams.
“Getting money to pay his school fees would be hectic but I knew he would make it and become an engineer because that was his dream,” he said.
Residents said both Kennedy and the young been very close and could sometimes be seen together for longer hours of the day.
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“The two have been friends but I can’t tell whether their relationship was beyond friendship as people allege,” a neighbor said.
Kennedy is said to have taken Paraquat pesticide on October 25, but was rushed to Rakai Hospital where be passed five days later.
Rakai District Commander, Ben Niwamanya confirmed the incident, saying investigations into the matter are still ongoing.
