Uganda, March 1 -- A secondary school head teacher in Kassanda District is under police detention on charges of aggravated defilement.

Wamala Regional Police Spokesperson, SP Racheal Kawala, said that the suspect is accused of defiling a 17-year-old former student at Brain Star Secondary School.

The suspect is a resident of Wakayiba Trading Centre in Kalwana Sub County, Kassanda District.

"We are holding a head teacher for allegedly defiling a student. The victim is a 17-year-old former student of the same school," SP Kawala said in a police statement on Thursday.

She said police preliminary findings indicate that the victim dropped out of school after the head teacher allegedly defiled and impregnated her in August 2023.

"On Februar...