33 People Killed in Kigezi sub-region

By Moses Agaba

Kabale

Elly Maate the Kigezi regional police spokesperson has revealed that the sub region in September registered a total of 33 killings creating fear among residents.

Kigezi Sub-region comprises six districts of Kabale, Kisoro, Rubanda, Kanungu, Rukungiri and Rukiga.

Maate says that 24 of the cases were of homicide, five were due to hit and run accidents and two were of sudden death, One case was of drowning and one of arson.

He says that Domestic violence, drug abuse and land conflicts are the major causes of murder in Kigezi and that The police have been able to arrest all the suspects in the registered cases and this itself is a deterrence measure.

“We have also intensified community policing and we encourage people to denounce crime and live in harmony with each other,” he added.

He attributed fatal road accidents to reckless driving by motorists and cyclists.

Godfrey Nyakahuma The Kabale Resident District Commissioner says that at least two to three criminal cases are recorded every night in the area as the thugs take advantage of the darkness to attack people.

He added that the breakdown of the street lights in Kabale Town has rendered police surveillance cameras ineffective in the fight against crime.

“But the good thing is that through our intelligence networks, we have managed to arrest about 17 suspected criminals that are yet to be aligned in courts of law for prosecution,” Nyakahuma said.

The most recent killing is of Posiano Mbabazi, 50, a resident of Nyakazinga Village in Nyarushanje Sub-county, Rukungiri District, who was on Sunday found dead in his house. Police suspect that he was strangled. Another case is of Front Hategimana, 19, a resident of Musezero Village in Nyundo Sub-county, Kisoro, who was stabbed to death by his wife following a misunderstanding.