SHEEMA – Two women have been arrested in Sheema district for sarbotaging the ongoing National Census government program.
The suspects are Bashemereirwe Beatrice 56 years and Bahumwire Justin 70 years all residents of Nyakashambya, Kyarukunda parish, Bugongi Sub County in Sheema district.
Its alleged that during the census exercise, the enumerator went to the homes of Aroni Katabura and Bahumwire Justin but they refused to be counted claiming their religion of “ENGIRI” does not allow them to be counted.
The Greater Bushenyi Police spokesperson SSP Marcial Tumusiime confiremed this incident to our reporter stressing that a case file was opened at Sheema CPS vide s.d.ref 44/15/2024 pending inquiries. By press time, one had accepted to be counted.
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