Nwoya Woman Commits Suicide Over Alleged Husband’s Promiscuity

Patrick Jimmy Okema, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson, says preliminary findings show that Akello sneaked out of her house following the altercation with her husband and her body was found hanging on a tree branch with the sheet of her baby tied around her neck.

The Criminal Investigations Directorate registered 4,718 cases of murder last year which was a 4.9 per cent increase compared to 4,497 cases in 2018. Akullo states that the motives behind the killings were land wrangles, people taking the law into their hands, family misunderstandings, crimes of passion and business rivalry.

Michael Lakony, the Amuru District LC V Chairperson, says the illegal entrants are quarantined for 14 days and left to go to home without any charge. He explains that some of the Ugandan nationals are forced to leave by South Sudan authorities who dump them at a no-man`s land between Nimule and Elegu.

Mubiru, also the Chairperson of the District Security Committee explains that their assessments have established that some of the COVID-19 cases registered in their area were among people sneaking into Tanzania on non-business engagements, including those meeting their spouses across the border.

Owinyi-Dollo wishes that if every time a district is created, there is a recruitment of a magistrate to take care of the district adding that the number of Judicial Officers should be Commensurate to the Population in the country. He said that as government thinks of creating new constituencies they should also think of recruiting judicial officers for each of a constituency or district created arguing that government should now recruit 47 Judges for the 47 constituencies recently approved by parliament.

Muhindo says both are in stable condition and health workers are working tirelessly to enable them get healed.

According to Enanga, this will enable them to alert their officers on the ground about the categories of people to be excused from those being held apprehended for violating curfew directives.