The suspects have been identified as Grace Kyomuhendo and Oliver Kembabazi both residents of Rwabaranga Village in Rwabaranga parish of Mpeefu sub county in Kagadi district, while the deceased is Baker Bwambale 25, a resident of the same area.
The police in Kagadi have arrested
two women on allegations of murdering a man.
The suspects have been identified
as Grace Kyomuhendo and Olive Kembabazi, both residents of Rwabaranga Village
in Rwabaranga parish of Mpeefu sub county in Kagadi district, while the deceased
is Baker Bwambale 25, a resident of the same area.
Information gathered by Uganda Radio
Network-URN reveals that the suspects while in a local bar at Rwabaranga trading
on 18th June, 2024 picked a quarrel with the deceased for unknown
reasons. They reportedly beat him to coma using a blunt object.
Samuel Baluku, a resident, states
that they rushed Bwambale to Kagadi general hospital in critical condition for treatment, where he later died.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine
region police spokesperson says, that after the incident, the suspects fled the area.
According to Hakiza, the suspects
were arrested on Monday and immediately whisked to the Kagadi central police
station where they are currently detained on murder charges.
Meanwhile a 45-year-old man has
been strangled to death in Kagadi district.
The deceased has been identified as
Yakobo Byeitaka, a resident of Karagi village in Kitema parish of Kyenzige sub
county. The incident occurred on June 21st June, 2024 at unknown
time.
It is alleged that the deceased on
June 21st, 2024, was approached by his two brothers to go and solve a land
conflict. He however never returned home.
Rosemary Fatuma, a relative states
that, they became suspicious after Byeitaka failed to return home. They mounted a
search for him in vain.
They later reported the matter to police who promptly
joined them in the search for the missing person.
On 22nd June, 2024, the
deceased’s lifeless body was recovered dumped in the nearby bush in the same
village with bruises around the neck, an indication that he could have been
strangled to death by his killers before they dumped his body in the bush.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine
region police spokesperson says, one suspect whose particulars have been concealed
by the police for fear of jeopardizing investigations has been apprehended
while the hunt for more suspects believed to have participated in the murder is
ongoing.
He says police picked up the body and
transported it to the Kagadi general hospital for postmortem and later the body
was handed over to the relatives for burial arrangements.
