Rukungiri Police Hunt Couple Over Alleged Murder of 28-Year-Old Man

The territorial Police in Rukungiri District hunting for a couple suspected in connection with the murder of a 28 year old man identified as Muhumuza Robert Muja a resident of Ruyonja Village in Nyarushanje Sub-county after which they fled their home.

Kigezi Regional Police Spokesman Elly Maate named the the suspects now on the run as Turyahabwe Benson and his wife Christina Turyahabwe both residents of Ikondere Village in Ibanda Parish in Nyarushanje Sub-county in Rukungiri District.

It is reported that on the evening of June 1st the deceased Muhumuza spent the evening with his friend Mwesigwa Hillary from Nyarushanje Trading Centre and returned home while drunk and they decided to sleep together at Mwesigwa residence.

Preliminary investigations indicate that Turyahabwe Benson who is also the Ikondere Village LC 1 Chairperson together with his wife Christine and their employee only identified as Girigori and others, knocked on the door where the deceased and Mwesigwa were sleeping and when he opened the door, Turyahabwe and company tied the two with ropes and they started assaulting them on allegations of being coffee thieves.

Turyahabwe alleged that the two had stolen coffee from his plantation and the assault attracted the complainant identified as Akampa Felix a brother to Mwesigwa who stopped Turyahabwe and company from assaulting them and was later able to report to the Police.

The suspects left the crime scene then Mwesigwa and the deceased remained in the house in pain, but Mwesigwa later realized that his colleague was dead and he informed his brother Akampa who reported the matter to the Police.

The case of murder was registered at Rubabo Police Station and the scene of crime was visited and documented, statements recorded from witnesses and Mwesigwa was examined accordingly and a postmortem examination done at the scene before it was handed over to the relatives for burial.

Maate told journalists yesterday evening that the suspected couple and others implicated in the alleged murdee are on the run and efforts to apprehended are being made as investigations continue.

Nate Nate