KISORO 73-YEAR-OLD MAN FOUND LYING DEAD IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

By Ambrose Kweronda
In Kisoro

The territorial Police of Kisoro district are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 73 years old man whose body was found lying in the middle of Kamonyi Nyetete road in Bugwene village.

ASP Elly Maate has identified the deceased as Jackson Mukungu 73 years a resident of Buhayo village Mbuga parish Nyakinama subcounty in the Kisoro district.

It’s alleged that on 28/5/2023 the deceased spent the whole day drinking Mkomboti and waragi together with his son in a Kiseke trading center.

Later he bought pork and informed his son that he was going to prepare some food for himself. That the deceased didn’t prepare food on reaching his home where he stays alone but only to return to the same trading center and continued drinking more waragi.

Maate told the press that Habimaana reported the information to the police after he was alerted that his father was found lying in the middle of Kamonyi Nyetete road in Bugwene village.

Maate revealed that the scene was visited and documented, and the body was taken to Kisoro hospital mortuary for Post-mortem.

Maate added that the inquiries into the matter are at hand to know the root cause of his death. The case file of death was reported at Kisoro CPS under reference number DEF 005/2023.