Police in Mbale District is investigating circumstances under which a records officer, Rogers Eyapi, at the regional referral hospital was killed.

Eyapi’s body was on Sunday morning found lying in the middle of the road near his rented house in Somero cell, Namatala ward, Industrial Division in Mbale Municipality.

According to preliminary reports from police, Eyapi was attacked and killed last on his way home.

“After work, he had no means of transport. He tried to call a boda-boda cyclist to take him home but the cyclist declined because it was already late. So he decided to walk home. Unfortunately, he lost his life. We request the police to investigate this case to its logical conclusion. We need suspects to be arrested and face the law,” Epayi’s co-worker revealed.

Dr Emmanuel Tugaineyo, the hospital director confirmed Eyapi was a hospital staff but he was not sure whether Epayi was attacked while leaving work.

“It’s true one of our staff has been killed. He has been working as a medical records officer. I’m not sure the deceased was from work or not when he got killed. Yesterday was Saturday, so it was not an official working day for him,” Emmanuel told the press.

Asked why the deceased was struggling to find transport home as claimed by his workmate, Dr Tugaineyo told journalists that the hospital has two buses which are used to pick and drop health workers to and after work. Dr. Emmanuel also noted that there were very many contradicting versions of where the late was coming from.