Teenager Arrested and Charged with Trafficking Youths

Detectives in KMP North and Kakiri, have in custody a secondary school student suspected to have trafficked 170 youths.

Police identified the suspect as, Mugenyi William, a 17 year old, senior three student of Kapeka SSS in Nakaseke district. He allegedly trafficked 170 youth’s both male and female, whom he harbored at the home of Nasuuna Harriet, a 28 year old, resident of Nampunge village, Kakiri sub-county in Wakiso district.

The suspect was tracked down and arrested on the 18.09.2023 from Kyondo in Kapeka and transferred to Kakiri division.

"Upon interrogation he admitted that he wanted to extort money from the victims using the name of Humble Company, in Kenya as a cover up. There was no connection with the company, and the job advert for waiters, waitresses, coffee parkers and supermarket attendants in Kenya, was fake," Fred Enanga the police spokesperson revealed. The suspect is being charged with 170 counts of Trafficking in persons.