Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men accused of killing a espresso farmer in Rukiga District and smuggling ingredients of his dismembered body into Rwanda recognize been charged with kill and remanded to penal advanced. The deceased, recognized as Milton Bagambira alias Obote, passe 62, was a resident of Nyakisa Village in Kashekye Parish, Kamwezi Sub-county.
Per preliminary investigations, Bagambira left dwelling on the morning of May well per chance 20, 2025, around 7.00am, to tend to his banana and low plantation in Rwenzaza Village. Whereas on the farm, he reportedly encountered James Kiromba and Denis Beinomugisha alias Murefu, both residents of the a similar dwelling, stealing his espresso.
Within the confrontation that followed, the two suspects—allegedly armed with though-provoking objects—attacked and killed Bagambira, inflicting lethal injuries to his head and buttocks. In a chilling turn of events, the suspects reportedly mutilated the body, removing both legs and arms and gouging out the eyes, earlier than packing the stays in a sack and smuggling them across the border into Rwanda, where they buried them in a secret jam.
Upon arrest, the duo confessed to the crime and disclosed the positioning of the body. Via inappropriate-border security coordination, Rwandan authorities assisted in the exhumation and repatriation of the stays to Uganda. On Monday night, Kiromba and Beinomugisha were arraigned earlier than Kabale Grade One Justice of the Peace’s Court and formally charged with kill, contrary to Portion 188 of the Penal Code Act.
Presiding magistrate Julius Mutabazi, the Kabale Main Justice of the Peace Grade One, declined to enable the accused to take a plea, citing a lack of jurisdiction over capital offences, which is able to simplest be tried by the Excessive Court. He therefore remanded the suspects to Ndorwa Authorities Penal advanced except July 15, 2025, pending additional point out of the case. The brutal killing has despatched shockwaves across the neighborhood, with local leaders and residents calling for justice and heightened security in border areas.
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