Police in Rukungiri district has in their coolers a ruthless school director for torturing a pupil to the death.
Reports coming in from the district indicate that Penina Muhwezi the director of Nyakishenyi Day and Boarding Primary School was arrested following reports that she tortured a pupil identified as Innocent Birungi to death.
The director reportedly connived with a watchman to torture the innocent child on the night of March 16, 2016 on allegations that he had stolen 5 kilograms of coffee from the Director's store.
Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson Elly Maate explains that the school director kept the matter a secret until this morning when parents stormed the school upon learning about the tragedy.
Maate says Police had only moved in to calm the situation when they discovered information of the death which had not been reported.
He says they have arrested merciless Muhwezi on murder charges, while a hunt has been mounted for her accomplice, and watchman whose names are still withheld.