Uganda, May 10 -- A 26-year-old man has been remanded to Luzira prison for severely beating his father after he refused to lend him Shs50,000.

Sserunjongi Shafikh, a shop attendant and resident of Nakulabye, Rubaga Division in Kampala, appeared before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya on Thursday and admitted to assaulting his father, who owns the shop.

Sserunjogi pleaded guilty to the charge of assaulting his father, Ismail Sserunjongi, causing him actual bodily harm.

The prosecution contends that on May 5, 2024, while at Channel Street, Kikago building in Kampala, Sserunjogi Jnr unlawfully assaulted his father.

According to the evidence presented in court, Sserunjogi Jnr went to his father and asked for Shs50,000...