Police have arrested two matrons of Kitega Junior primary school in Buikwe in Buganda kingdom over allegedly poisoning 70 children. Police are yet to establish the motive of these women.

The children are currently in poor condition and the doctors at Kawolo Hospital are doing whatever is possible on earth to save their lives.

Several theories have been advanced to explain why the said matrons might have poisoned these kids. Some people say that the children were poisoned because the school administrators had not paid salary to these matrons for the last four months. Others alleged that the matrons wanted these children to die as a sacrifice to their gods.

The habit of women to poison children is on increase in Uganda according to police reports.

The children were poisoned through porridge. The Buikwe district Police Commander, Caroline Akoth confirmed the arrest of the school matrons. She says that the matrons were arrested to help police with investigations. On hearing the news, the residents staged a demonstration and blocked the Kampala-Jinja Highway demanding the matrons be lynched.