- Name: SHIRAT NAMUKISA
- Class: Middle Class
- School Name: Busagazi Community Primary School
- Shirat lives with both parents in Kigwere Village. His mother, Lydia Mirembe, suffers from severe diabetes and cannot work due to their poverty and lack of proper treatment. His father, Kharim Higenyi, is a fisherman but does not own a fishing net. He is part of a group that engages in illegal fishing, catching young fish that are not government-approved. The police frequently hunt, arrest, and detain them until their colleagues can pay a bribe for their release. This is the harsh reality the family faces. The children often lack basic necessities and cry when their father is arrested and beaten by the Lake Victoria marine police. When he returns from the police cell, he often has bruises.
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