MBARARA- A twenty year old Mbarara University of Science and Technology- MUST, Prossy Nahwera has been found dead in her hostel room in Western Uganda’s Mbarara City.
The mysterious death has triggered Police investigations into the death of this student who was offereing a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.
The lifeless body of the deceased was discovered by her roommate at around 4:00 PM in their hostel room located in TASO Village. The cause of death has not yet been established.
Nahwera was a first year student who had just reported for her second semester.
The body was transported to the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital mortuary for a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death. Police inquiries into the matter are still ongoing.
SP Kasasira Samson, PRO Rwizi Region, confirmed the incident and assured that a thorough investigation will be conducted.
This isn’t the first case of University students being found dead in their hostels. In 2024, a student at Kampala International University (KIU), Western Campus, in Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality was found dead.
SSP Marcial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi police spokesperson identified the deceased as Isaac Otieno Ochola, 33, a Kenyan by nationality.
Still in 2024, an engineering student at Kampala International University (KIU) western campus allegedly died by suicide.
Police identified the deceased as Boniface Opirin, a student at the university’s School of Engineering in first semester of year one.
