NTUNGAMO – Ntungamo police are investigating circumstances under which a male Rwandan national was discovered nearly dead in the farm adjacent to pearl flower garden owned by the minister of Education and sports Miss Janet Kataha Museveni.
According to police, it was notified by the owner of the farm Mr Geoffrey mushaija a.k.a Biduuda a resident of omubuyoora cell, Rwemiriro ward, Rubaare Town council Rushenyi County-Ntungamo district.
He alleges that he was grazing his herds of cattle in his farm witnessed the person lying in the farm and he thought was dead but to check on him, he was a live but only sturving of hunger.
The victim who identified himself to our reporter as Ibrahim Ruhumuriza aged 56, said that he hailed from Kasaana Nyagatare district in Rwanda and left there to Uganda sometime back, he started working with pearl flower company but later deserted the job to work in Biharwe, Mbarara as security guard in the family of engineer Mr Paul Kato from Uganda National Roads Authority.
He added that he left there to check on his friend known only as Nsengiyunva he worked with at pearl flower company who was receiving treatment at Kisiizi hospital, from there after reaching in Rubaare he suffered from Diarrhoea and people would chase him over chocking smell and a swarm of flies from him, he decided to seek refugee in Mashaija’s farm adjacent to pearl flower garden wherebh police has found him and taken him to Rubaare health centre IV to receive proper treatment.
The officer in charge of Rubaare ASP Ilim Muzoora, said investigation is underway to discover how the victim got into the bush.
By press time, the laboratory technicians at the facility were yet to give a report about his illness.
By our reporter in Rubaare.
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