Uganda, Feb. 2 -- Last week, the most gruesome of deaths happened in Wakiso District. Sixteen-year-old Abdurahim Rusiba, who was also a Primary Seven leaver, allegedly burnt himself to death.

Mr Musa Waligo, the father of the deceased said on the fateful day, his son did his usual chores including peeling matooke with his siblings, settled in the sitting room to watch television and after some time, got a five-litre jerrycan went and bought petrol, went to the outside bathroom and he set himself on fire.

Dr Edris Kalanzi, the head of burns and reconstructive surgery at Kiruddu Hospital, said when he was asked why he had attempted to commit suicide, Rusiba said he was not loved and that it was only his brother who loved him.

He passed o...