{"id":10428,"date":"2025-10-28T05:44:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=10428"},"modified":"2025-10-28T05:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:50:05","slug":"mother-burns-own-daughter-over-stealing-neighbours-groundnuts-in-masindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2025\/10\/28\/mother-burns-own-daughter-over-stealing-neighbours-groundnuts-in-masindi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Burns Own Daughter Over Stealing Neighbour\u2019s Groundnuts in Masindi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Johnson Kanyesige<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police in Masindi are investigating a case of aggravated child torture that occurred in Tantara village, Kyakamese Parish, Pakanyi Sub-county.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Information obtained by Spice FM reveals that a 9-year-old female juvenile, Akao Mefia, was allegedly burnt on the mouth with a burning charcoal by her biological mother, Akello Everlyne, who accused her of eating groundnuts belonging to a neighbor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julius Allan Hakiiza the Albertine North Regional Acting Spokesperson says a case of torture was reported and registered at Masindi Police Station yesterday at 3:45 AM and investigations have since commenced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hakiiza says the victim received medical attention, and the suspect was arrested and detained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Police Spokesperson has urged the public to prioritize children&#8217;s safety and well-being and refrain from using torture or abuse as a form of discipline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">He has called on parents and stakeholders to create a safe environment for children, free from abuse and exploitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Johnson Kanyesige Police in Masindi are investigating a case of aggravated child torture that occurred in Tantara village, Kyakamese Parish, Pakanyi Sub-county. Information obtained by Spice FM reveals that a 9-year-old female juvenile, Akao Mefia, was allegedly burnt on the mouth with a burning charcoal by her biological mother, Akello Everlyne, who accused her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bunyoro","8":"category-news"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10435,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10428\/revisions\/10435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}