RUBANDA 14 MONTHS OLD BABY AND MOTHER DROWN IN RIVER

By Ambrose Kweronda
In Rubanda

Police in Rubanda district are investigating circumstances under which 2 people of the Same family were found floating dead at the Kiruruma river bridge bank.

ASP Elly Maate the Kigezi Region police spokesperson identified the deceased as Immaculate Mugabirwe and female juvenile Ayebare Pretty 14 months, all residents of Kiruruma cell, Kiruruma Ward, Kacerere Town Council in Rubanda district.

Maate told mknewslink reporter that on 17th March 2023 at around 6pm, Akantorana Shirah the mother of Ayebare Pretty and Mugabirwe Immaculate went to Nfasha Trading centre and entered into the bar of one Ibrahim and started taking alcohol.

It’s alleged that at around 10pm, they organized to go back home but the mother of the deceased juvenile remained behind letting Mugabirwe proceed with her daughter tied onto her back.

After a while, Akantorana also followed them and upon reaching home, the two were nowhere to be seen. She tried to search for them but in all vain.

Maate revealed that because it was at night, she had nothing to do until the morning of 18th March 2023 at around 7am when both of them were found floating at the bridge leading up to their home in Kiruruma cell, at the riverbank of Kiruruma river.

Maate said that police visited the scene, documented it, retrieved bodies to Muko health centre lV mortuary for postmortem examination while the case of drowning was later registered at Rubanda Central police station under file number DEF 04/2023 as the inquiries are ongoing.