MURDERED MASINDI DHO DR. JINO ABIRIGA
By Moses Andama
In Masindi district——
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The 3 killers of Masindi DHO Late Dr Jino Abiriga were last evening convicted with murder during criminal session on going at Masindi High court.
The 3 suspects who include Betty Cheroitic,the wife to the deceased, Joshua Namreng And Martin Kipsang all appeared before Masindi resident judgement Mary Babirye for hearing of their case on Thursday 10th September 2025.
However the 3 killers all pleaded guilty before the judge.
In the statement read before the court by Resident state attorney Charlotte Nanziri statements;
While representing facts gathered by directorate of CID before the court, Charlotte Nanziri the resident state attorney Masindi High court says ” the couple started staying together as husband and wife in 2019, and were blessed with a 9 month old baby, after the loss of their first born and miscarriage of twins.
It was established that the plot to murder the deceased, began after Cherotic Betty learnt about a second relationship, her husband had with Atuhura Suzan in Masindi.
According to Nanziri, cheleroit attempted to kill the girl friend of the deceased for two consecutive times and failed.
“She therefore, tasked Kipsang Martin, to find a second person, to help her murder her husband. On the 26.12.2023, Kipsang together with Namureng Joshua, came to accomplish their mission, which failed after the Doctor, woke up and closed the door, upon hearing some movements outside which had been left open by his wife.”
The two contract killers returned to Bukwo, and returned on the 6.01.2024, after much pressure from Chesang, for them to execute their mission.
They travelled from Bukwo and reached Masindi around midday and booked at Valentine Guest House. She alerted and invited them to the house, them when her husband was deep asleep. The suspects were armed with two huge hand hoe sticks and a knife.
They found when Betty had opened the gate, and she led them to the bedroom, where her husband was sleeping.
They hit the victim with hand hoe stick on the head, and dragged the body to the floor, where they slit his throat with a knife, killing him instantly.
The 3 suspects cleaned the dead body, dressed it in a red T-shirt and blue trouser, carried it on a small ladder and dumped it 50 metres away, from his house.
The two male suspects returned to Valentine Guest House, where they dumped the blood stained clothes in a pit latrine and left Masindi Municipality at 5:30am.
Both Kipsang Martin and Namureng Joshua were tracked down, arrested from Bukwo and transferred to Masindi, for further court action.
All 3 suspects admitted to having participated in the murder and the scenes reconstructed.
Several tangible exhibits were recovered, which included; two hoe handle were recovered from Bulyasojo cell, shoes of the deceased, black sports bag, clothes of the suspect, a bag retrieved from the latrine with a pillow cover, mopping rug, work ID for the deceased, and other blood stained clothes.
All samples were submitted to the Forensic Directorate for further analysis.
On her, request, Nanziri told the court, The late Abiriga was respected person of high integrity, and providing essential services to the people.
She asked court to give sentence that would dettor people from such crimes.
Mean while on her request, Harriet Ajok the defendant lawyer asked the court to give linient sentence since they have pleaded guilty without wasting court time.
The resident judge Mary Babirye however ruled that she had convicted the suspects with murder and set 22nd of September 2025 at 2,pm as date for their sentence.
Dr Jino Abiriga was murdered on 6th of December 2023 in his home at Kijura North and the body dumped under Mango tree 50 meters from his House and discovered by neighbours on 7th of December 2023.
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