Brutalized Busia Albino Seeks Compensation By Gov’t
Written by admin on July 19, 2021
Mackson Wanyama, a 23-year-old a resident of Nangwe village, Western division of Busia Municipality is seeking for compensation from the government.
Wanyama, says that was beaten by police who were enforcing presidential directives on curfew one evening in June this year when he was going to buy drugs for flue at a nearby drug shop at Nangwe and he met police officers on patrol. The officers who never listened to his excuses, started canning him to the extent that could not walk anymore.
He sustained wounds on his back, hands and other parts of the body.Wanyama says is now stranded with wounds on his body that his parents have tried to spend money to treat but he is not improving.
The victim, given his weak sight, was unable by then to identify the police officers who beat him up.
Wanyama’s mother, Faridah Birungi says that she is worried of her son’s life because they have tried to treat the wounds but there’s no change, the wounds are now just producing pus as they grow deeper. Albinos have very delicate skins.
She expressed wary of her son to have been affected with cancer.
