John Ojokuna the Luwero District Police Commander explains that Ssenyonga allegedly hosted Jalia Nantaba aged 38 years a resident of Kiwogozi zone on Wednesday night but she died under unclear circumstances.
Police in Luwero town council have arrested a taxi driver over
the death of his girlfriend. The suspect has been identified as Joel Ssenyonga aged 40 years a resident
of Mabbale village and taxi driver in Luwero town.
John Ojokuna the Luwero District Police Commander explains
that Ssenyonga allegedly hosted Jalia Nantaba aged 38 years a resident of Kiwogozi zone on Wednesday night
but she died under unclear circumstances.
Ojokuna adds that Ssenyonga contacted a fellow taxi driver to help
him transport the body and dump it on the road to cover up the incident. Ojokuna added that a concerned taxi driver tipped the Police who arrested Ssenyonga and detained him.
On Thursday, Policemen picked up the body from his
house and transferred it to Luwero Hospital for postmortem to establish the
actual cause of death.
Upon arrest, Ssenyonga told Policemen that she picked up Nantaba from a bar located at Kiwogozi zone and slept with her but she got an
attack from an unknown illness at around 3; 00 am before she later died.
Ssenyonga denied killing Nantaba but admitted trying to cover up the death over the shock and fear of arrest.
Moses Kapo a neighbor says that the body was found lying on the floor but with no bruises or wounds.
Faridah Najjuma the Luwero District Female Councillor says
that the neighbors saw Ssenyonga with the girlfriend unconscious before he
locked the house and moved away.
Najjuma added that the residents thought that the girlfriend
later got better and returned home only to see Policemen on Thursday telling them she was dead.
Najjuma asked the Police to investigate the matter thoroughly because this is the second woman to die in related circumstances.
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On 18th May 2024 Marie Rose Nduwayesu aged 48
years a Rwandan National was found strangled to death at Kylne Guest House
in Luwero town after she was killed by his lover Gerald Byamugisha.
It is alleged that Byamugisha booked a room at the Guest House
together with the lover but at night they developed misunderstandings before he
allegedly strangled her to death using a piece of cloth and left the body in
the toilet.
The guest house attendant recovered the body in the
morning when she had gone there for cleaning and Byamugisha had booked out.
According to the Police Crime report for 2023, Luwero district
registered 90 cases of homicide and ranked with the highest cases across the
country.
Luwero district also registered
the highest cases of domestic violence after 534 cases were reported within the year.
