NEWS– The Territorial Police in Kiira region and Jinja district have in custody, a mother identified as Mwase Rose 27 year old housewife, of Buwajinaikazi village in Jinja district, for the alleged double murder of her two children.
According to the Uganda Police spokesman SCP Enanga Fred, the deceased Kagoda Paul, a 23 year old peasant of the children are Babirye China, aged 5 and Claire Sowati, a one year old, female victim.
Enanga told the press that the suspect later buried the children in their sitting room around on the 27th October 2023, when her husband Kagoda Paul, was doing casual work in Ngongwe, Buikwe district.
The father of the children, returned on the 30th October 2023 and found his wife alone at home and their two children missing.
The suspect failed to give a clear explanation to her husband, which prompted him to inquire from their neighbours, who told him how they had seen his children, 3 days back while, playing around their home.
Kagoda searched around the home and later established a fresh grave within his sitting room, where his daughters had been buried. The suspect was arrested immediately and handed over to Budondo police station.
The scene was cordoned off and revisited on 31st October 2023, by a team of investigative and forensic experts from Kiira region. The father of the victims who is a traditional healer, was arrested to help in investigations, after the headless body of Sowati Claire was found missing.
Enanga adds that Sowati’s head was recovered, and the body of her elder sister as further arrangements are now in place to recover the headless body of Sowati Claire, which the mother admitted to having buried in the cassava garden, next to their compound.
“It is very painful that the victims died in the hands of their mother, who was supposed to protect them. We believe every child has a right to life, no matter the circumstances under which they live in. The suspect is being charged with two counts of murder” said Enanga.
