Police in Rukungiri are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 30-year-old Elias Bakamuzara a bodaboda rider, resident of Rutooma Ruganda Rwamujura ,Mayanga sub county in Mitooma district.
According to Ambrose Twemurikye a saloon attendant at Rwamuzura in Mitooma district, he used the deceased to take him for shopping in Rukungiri town where they arrived at around 3:00pm.
That while in Rukungiri, the deceased informed him on how he was moving to first check on his girlfriend but never disclosed her name and place.
The two agreed that after shopping Ambrose was to call the deceased which he did three times but in vain. When he persisted on calling, the deceased phone eventually went off.
Ambrose then found his own way to return to Mitooma where he informed residents and the oowner of the motorcycle one Mwesigye Benard on how his friend had disappeared from Rukungiri.
With the help of a trucking device, the motorcycle was recovered by Rukungiri Police from one Turyatunga Moses the area chairperson of Kigango Village, Ndago Parish, Nyarushanje Sub county who claimed to have received it from a resident identified as Kyarikunda Justina.
According to Justina’s statement, the motorcycle was brought home by her grand son one Kwikiriza Benson in the company of another person not known to her.
She says she got suspicious when the two disappeared and she decided to take the motorcycle to the authority.
On October 23, 2023 morning at Kaitumura cell, Northern B ward, Eastern division, Rukungiri Municipality, when one Agatha Kenganzi moved to dig in her garden located near Kabanguha river, she
saw an unidentified body in the said river, and informed her husband one Kabigumira Obed who also informed Mr David Tumwesigye the Mayor eastern division who notified the Police at CPS Rukungiri for further management.
Elly Maate the Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson has confirmed this report saying the scene of crime was visited, examined and documented.
Maate added that the body was retrieved and conveyed to Rwakabengo health center III for possible identification and postmortem to ascertain the actual cause of the death.
A strong rope was found tied on the body’s neck an indication of strangulation.
