KEBISONI – The territorial police in Rukungiri have arrested a 27 year old Fred Nasasira allegedly for the murder of a 5 year old girl identified as Gift Amutuhaire daughter of Samuel Niwamdinda all residents of Kanyamitwe cell central ward Kebisoni town council Rukungiri district.
It’s alleged that on the 16/06/2024 at around 1pm Amutuhaire Gift (deceased) left her mother Ntegyerize Sarah and her elder brother Ahurire Osbert aged 9 years at home and went to pay a visit to her grandmother Korubaro Beatrice at a distance of about 100m away .
On arrival she joined Nasasira Fred (suspect) and Allan Akanyijuka in the farm where they were going to give water to cows. After cows taking water, Allan Akanyijuka fetched a bucket of water to take home but Nasasira Fred poured it down.
This made Allan to go back into the well to fetch more water. As he was turning up from the well,he saw Nasasira Fred carrying Gift on his back moving uphill in the farm and he continued taking water home but he couldn’t see them again.
Few minutes after delivering the water, Ntegyerize Sarah (mother) came looking for the daughter but she couldn’t get her though Allan explained to her how he saw Fred carrying her on his back from the well where they had gone together.
In the evening time , Nasasira Fred sneaked in the home,ate supper and disappeared however, the deceased was not seen anywhere.
On 17/06/2024, the mother reported a case of kidnap at Kebisoni police station. Efforts in tracing the deceased were made and on the 19/06/2024 at around 07:00am, the deceased was recovered buried in the bush.
The police were accordingly alerted, crime scene was visited examined and documented, and the suspect was arrested and in custody at Rukungiri CPS and the body taken for postmortem at Rwakabengo HC III mortuary. Postmortem revealed that the victim was defiled before was murdered.
The Kigezi Police spokesperson ASP Elly Maate says inquiries are ongoing to establish the motive of the alleged murder and upon completion of inquiries, will be arreigned before courts of law.
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