Uganda, Feb. 12 -- Police in Kayunga District are holding a 58-year-old man for defiling his 10-year-old daughter.

The Kayunga CID boss, Ms Beatrice Ajwang, said the suspect, who is a resident of Nkokonjeru B village in Kitimbwa sub-county had turned her daughter into his wife after divorcing her mother two years ago.

Mr Collins Kafeero, the Kayunga District Probation and Social Welfare Officer said on Monday that the suspects' arrest followed a tip-off by a concerned resident, to whom the minor had opened up about the sexual molestation by her father.

"When we went to the village and interviewed the girl and also took her for medical check-ups we confirmed that it was true the man had been defiling her. We have arrested him and is now...