Kyambogo lecturer wanted for defiling 16 year old

Police are hunting for a one, Dr. Eron Lawrence, a 56 year old, senior lecturer at Kyambogo University, Dean of Faculty of Special needs and Rehabilitation, for aggravated defilement of a 16 year old with disability.

According to Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga, Eron who is also Project Administrator “All we see is possibility”, absconded police bond on December 14, 2023 and disappeared, his case file was sanctioned on December 13, 2023.

“He is HIV positive and also a person in Authority over the victim, C/s 129(3), 4(b), (c) and (d) of the Penal Code Acts. The victim was a beneficiary of the (All we see is a possibility project). His three sureties who include; Olobo Lawrence, aged 48, Adoch Gertrude and Among Paul, aged 54, have also been tasked to produce him before the DPC at Jinja road police division,” he said in a statement.

Enanga noted that the suspect travelled as a caretaker with 4 students including the 16 year old, disabled victim to Nairobi-Kenya, for a conference, and returned on December12, 2023.

“He picked his car that he had left at the Airport and gave a lift to the students. He first dropped two students from Gulu University at Namayiba Taxi Park, and they travelled to Gulu. And went on to drop the 3rd student at North Hall, Kyambogo University and remained with the victim,, who had a visual impairment, in the car (she can only see during day time while using glasses, but cannot see at night),” he explained.

Enanga further explained that Eron drove together with the victim from around 10.20pm, upto Namugongo Nsawo village, Kira municipality.

“It was established that along the way, the victim requested for water, which was bought at a supermarket along Ndagire road, in Nalya. The victim fell unconscious after taking the water. Upon gaining her consciousness, she fell some pain around her private parts, and realised she had been sexually assaulted. The sexual assault took pace in the car,” he narrated.

“The following morning her maternal uncle, drove her back to her school in Mukono and she revealed her ordeal to the Senior Woman teacher, who alerted the school head teacher and the matter reported to Mukono police,” he added.

He noted that the victim was immediately, put on post-rape treatment.

“The DNA samples that were recovered from the suspect’s car, a Toyota Wish, registration number UBA 349Z, matched with the samples found on the body of the victim,”