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Busia chief jailed for 23 years for burning home

A house in Alupe where the family of 32 people are living after their home in Okame, Teso South, was burnt down on June 12, 2016. [Ignatius Odanga, Standard]

Ong’aroi Assistant Chief Andrew Odato was charged with arson in June 2016 after at least 10 houses belonging to one family were reduced to ashes.

The arson and destruction of property was attributed to inflammatory remarks Odato (pictured) made publicly following the death of a resident of Okame village in Teso South Sub-county. The assistant chief then claimed the man died as a result of witchcraft, which he blamed on one family.

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