Shaban Kagoro, a relative to the deceased said the couple developed a misunderstanding on boxing day when Agonzibwa allegedly questioned why the wife had failed to cook the meat he had bought that day.
Residents of Kitumba-Kyakasiga in Bunyangabu
District cut down a banana plantation and destroyed a house belonging to Richard
Agonzibwa, a man suspected of killing his wife Brenda Nyakaisiki.
Shaban Kagoro, a relative to the deceased said the couple developed a
misunderstanding on boxing day when Agonzibwa allegedly questioned why the wife
had failed to cook the meat he had bought that day.
This later developed into a fight that left Nyakaisiki injured. However, it's alleged that Agonzibwa picked Nyakaisiki from the clinic where she had been admitted and took
her back home where he assaulted her until she died.
Kagoro says that Agonzibwa had on Monday attempted to beat up his mother and in-laws who were attending to Nyakaisiki.
Rutooro//Cue in; “Hati nyina ateka…
Cue out...atera omukazi nokumwita.”//
The couple had
two children and, by the time of her death, Nyakaisiki was expecting their third child. But Canary Trust, the vice-chairman of Kyakasiga village says that the suspect is a drug addict.
Rutooro//Cue in; “Omusingazi onu tumumanyire…
Cue out: …kyongera kyetokoza obwongo.”//
Police took the body of the deceased
to Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital for postmortem as an
investigation into the matter and the search for the
suspect continues.
But the area residents mobilized themselves and attacked Agonzibwa's home and destroyed properties when information about his wife's death started circulating.
Meanwhile, police
in the neighbouring Kasese District has confirmed the death of three people in the aftermath of
Christmas.
ASP Ismail Kawoo, the
Regional Police Spokesperson, Rwenzori East identified the deceased as Suzan
Kusemererwa, 55, who was hacked to death by her husband Kakande Rajab, 47, a
suspect in Nyabubare village, Karusandara Sub County. Others
are Robert Bagonza 44, who was found dead in his rented room in Kitoro
Zone and a yet to be identified man who committed suicide
from Kyondo cell Nyamwamba Division respectively.
