KANUNGU POLICE ARREST SON, DAUGHTER FOR MURDER OF THEIR FATHER

By Ambrose Kweronda
in Kanungu———

Police in Kanungu have arrested a son and daughter for questioning, allegedly for murdering their father with whom they have had long-standing family conflicts and occasionally made threats to his life.

According to the Kigezi Police Spokesperson ASP Elly Maate, the deceased has been identified as Bernard Byamugisha, a 49-year-old farmer and resident of Bushoro cell, Nyamigoye parish, Kanyantorogo Sub County in Kanungu District.

The two suspects were identified as Ampumuza Ivan, 20, and Tukamushaba Morine, 23, both residents of the same address and the biological children of the deceased. They were arrested by police to assist in investigations.

It is alleged that at about 01:30 PM on Monday this week, the deceased went to his coffee plantation to pluck coffee beans and did not return home until yesterday, Tuesday, at about 8:00 AM.

The son, Ampumuza (suspect), disguised himself by asking his neighbors about his father’s whereabouts.

Upon receiving the information, community members conducted a search in the coffee plantation and found the body of the deceased lying dead, with strangulation marks on his neck, about 3 kilometers from his home.

Maate stated that the police were notified of the incident, visited and documented the crime scene, recorded relevant statements, conducted the postmortem, and handed over the body to the relatives for a decent burial.

A statement of a murder case was registered at Kanungu Central Police Station under file Number CRB.240/2024.