Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gunmen carrying protection drive uniform over the weekend kidnapped and killed a Compassion World reliable sooner than dumping his physique by the roadside come a railway line in Namumira village, Mukono Central Division. The sufferer, Godfrey Wayengera, forty five, lived in Nsuube A village and served as the director of Loved Daycare and Nursery Faculty. He became additionally a Rotarian and a church chief at St. Hannington Church of Uganda.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango acknowledged the attackers abducted Wayengera and his well-known other, Najabi Christine, whereas they had been getting back from a burial in Mbale. The suspects, carrying UPDF-like uniforms, claimed they had been escorting the couple to Mukono Police Dwelling. As an different, they took them to Kyungu Avenue, the place they killed Wayengera.
They later dumped his well-known other in Jinja Misindye, Goma Division. Valid Samaritans rescued Najabi and took her to Mukono Total Health facility, the place she is today receiving medicine. Police replied quickly, recorded receive out about statements, and transferred Wayengera’s physique to Mulago Metropolis Mortuary for a postmortem.
They additionally recovered the couple’s automobile, a Toyota Fielder registration amount UBP 520A, from Jinja Misindye. It is miles now parked at the police pronounce. On the different hand, the suspects are silent at tremendous, and investigations are ongoing.
Namumira village leaders, at the side of chairman Henry Lukomu and protection secretary Abdul Karim Tumusime, blamed the growing insecurity on the overgrown railway corridor. They acknowledged the railway firm stopped residents from farming come the tracks, which has left the pronounce furry and at chance of crime.
In Nsuube A village, local chairman Eric Ssemakula and protection secretary Warren Tusigwire acknowledged they hunted for Wayengera at some stage in the night after his well-known other raised the fright. “His well-known other known as me when he delayed reaching house. I alerted police, and the officer to blame of operations tracked their automobile, however the signal went frigid around Iganga. We searched till 3 a.m., but chanced on nothing. In the morning, we received the heartbreaking information that he had been murdered and dumped in Namumira,” Ssemakula acknowledged.
Boda boda riders who frequent the street, at the side of David Luwalira, acknowledged robbers automatically attack motorists. He entreated authorities to set up security cameras and sure the bush to minimize crime. Hassan Kasibante, the Mukono Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC), condemned the break and promised to make certain that the perpetrators are arrested and brought to justice.
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