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A wicked couple in Jinja has been locked up for housing their nine-year-old son in a pigsty for three weeks.
Peter Magoola and his wife, Ruth Mirembe, both residents of Buyala trading center in Jinja City Northern division are being held on allegations of child neglect. Trouble for the couple started when neighbours noticed Mirembe taking food occasionally in a plate to the pigsty in the absence of the child.Out of curiosity they went to check it out and discovered a malnorished child seating helpless in the company of Pigs.
Upon reporting to police,the couple was arrested ,however, Mirembe says that his stepson was suffering from demonic attacks and the same neighbors advised her to keep him in the pigsty with the aim of scaring the evil spirits off him.
“My neighbors told me that, Jesus Christ cast evil spirits into swine and that, the same demonic spirits that were possessing my stepson would flee to the pigs, in case I let him sleep near them and that’s how I ended up keeping him there,” she said.
Kiira Region Police spokesperson, James Mubi says that the minor looked malnourished and has been handed over to Nalufenya children’s hospital for further management. Mubi says that the duo will be charged with child neglect.