After days of fruitless searching, the parents of 12 year old Victor Katungi who vanished from his Kisubi School, now only hope he comes home on his own.
It has been seven days since Victor Katungi disappeared from St. Savio Junior Kisubi Primary School around 9pm on Thursday last week.
Despite joint search efforts by his parents and the police, there are still no leads.
Police say the pupil went missing during prep time after science teacher Emmanuel Agaba sent him out to get his original paper over alleged forged marks.
On Monday, Entebbe Police detectives reviewed CCTV footage and questioned staff on how the child vanished from a school said to have adequate security.
Patrick Katungi, Victor’s father, says they have searched everywhere they could think of for the past seven days but have made no progress.
Police checked the national grid cameras, but the footage shows no sign of him passing through Namuranda or other neighbouring areas.
Hadijja Namwanje, Executive Director of High Sound For Children, a child rights organization, calls the incident unfortunate and blames it on fear of teacher intimidation, saying children don’t disappear unless terrified of the consequences, and that Victor likely fled to avoid a severe beating.
The head teacher could not be reached for comment on the school’s response to Victor Katungi’s disappearance, as his phone numbers were unavailable.
By URN
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