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20 May 2009 Kampala — PARLIAMENT has passed a
resolution urging the Government to institute a
judicial commission of inquiry into the rampant human
sacrifice and trafficking in persons.
The plenary session presided over by Speaker Edward
Ssekandi gave the Government a deadline of two weeks
to act.
Third Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of
Internal Affairs, Kirunda Kivejinja, however, said the
time was short.
He also said money was required to do the job.
To this, Ssekandi responded: "We are talking about
life here. This is very urgent and we cannot let it
continue."
The commission is expected to carry out public
hearings and investigate the mysteries surrounding
human sacrifice.
Earlier, Kivejinja briefed Parliament on the cases
of human sacrifice from January to March.
Kivejinja said 11 deaths suspected to be
ritualistic were registered. He explained that 212
persons were reported missing over the same period.
Kivejinja, however, noted that not all the
disappearances were linked to human sacrifice.
Kampala, he said, had 146 missing persons, followed
by Wakiso with 16 and Kayunga, nine.
He said there were three attempts to sell children
in Kampala Mbarara and Mubende.
"But the sellers did not mind whether the children
would eventually be sacrificed or not," he told the
MPs.
Kivejinja said 74 persons had been rescued from
murderers.
He said: "The Police have made some arrests in
connection with incidents related to human sacrifice
as follows: Kampala, 22, Kaliro, 12, Mubende, 1,
Pallisa, 6 Kiboga, 7, Mbale, 3, Bugiri, 3, Wakiso, 1,
Mpigi, 1 and Nakasongola, 1."
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