Kigezi Region Police PRO ASP Elly Maate

The Police in Rukiga District are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 30 year old man identified as Bright Hakiri, a brick layer of Rushayo village in Kiahaje Parish in Bufundi Sub-county. 

Kigezi Regional Police Spokesman Elly Maate told journalists that the incident occurred in Rwakimuri cell  in Nyakabungo Parish in Bukinda Sub-county in Rukiga district.

It alleged that, the deceased and one of the suspect, Nkurunungi Fortunate have been working together, laying bricks at the site of Twebaze Evalisit and he deceased and Nkurunungi went to the bar of Ninsiima to take alcohol, where picked a quarrel over the money paid to them.

They later went to their place of residence and fought using sticks and the following day the Manager found Hakiri who is now deceased unconscious and called a Doctor to treat him from home but he died instantly.

Maate said that a case file of murder  was opened, the scebe of crime was visited, processed and documented, statements recorded from witnesses and a postmortem examination was done and the body was handed over to relatives for buria and Ngurunungi Fortune and Twinamatsiko Brian have been arrested to help in investigations.

Meanwhile the Police in Rubanda District have registered a fatal accident that involved a vehicle registration number UBK 088W and motorcycle registration number UFA 102K at Hakagorogoro village in Muko Sub county along Kabale – Kisoro road.

Maate has confirmed the accident and told journalists that the accident claimed the life of 24 year old Owomugisha Bruno a resident of Muziku village Bufundi Sub-county Rubanda district, the ridder of motorcycle who died on spot.

The accident also left 30-year-old Tumwesigye Augustine, a resident of Bugara village in Bufundi Sub- County in Rubanda district who was the passenger on the motorcycle seriously injured.  ⁠

Its alleged that, while the motorvehicle  was coming from Kisoro side heading to Kabale and the driver failed to negotiate a corner at Hakagorogoro and ended up knocking the incoming motorcycle which was from the opposite direction hence killing the ridder on spot.

The scene of accident was visited and well documented by Rubanda District Traffic Officer Sam Abantu and team, the body was conveyed at Muko Health Centre IV and postmortem examination was done and the body was handed over to the relatives for burial.