Police has confirmed the sudden death of a woman and her daughter after they were covered by soil in a mining quarry in Kabale district.
The two are Rosette Mwikirize, a 28 year old peasant and her 10 year old daughter Abeneitwe Berinah, all residents of Hamuganda village Bukora parish Kitumba sub county Kabale district.
ASP Elly Maate the Kigezi Region police spokesman told the press that on 11th December 2023, at around 1:30Pm at Hamuganda village while the two were in quarry mining sand and in the process of mining, the soil cracked, fell killing them from therein.
Maate added that a report of sudden death was registered at Kitumba police station vide sd ref: 06/11/12/2023.
The Kabale Homicide team, police surgeon Kigezi region led by the D/CID/O D/SP Mukama Hakim, visited the scene, examined and documented it, recorded statements from the witnesses and Postmortem was done at the site of discovery of the bodies.
