/ 26 September 2000

UGANDAN MP ARRESTED FOR RAPE

A UGANDAN member of parliament has been arrested on charges of raping a 25-year-old woman in his Kampala home. Callistus Adome Lokwii, 36, the MP for Jie county in northeastern Uganda, was arrested after he was accused of raping the woman, whom he had apparently offered a lift in his car the previous evening. A used condom, torn knickers and a torn bra belonging to the alleged victim and a gun allegedly to used intimidate the woman were seized by police from the house. Neighbours said that the MP’s wife left him two weeks ago. – AFP