Jinja Boda Boda Rider Kills Wife Over Cheating

Posted on Apr 19, 2021
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Police in Jinja is hunting for a young man identified as God Lwampala, a boda boda rider for allegedly murdering his wife identified as Betty Namukuve for cheating on him.

God Lwampala a resident of Buwekula in Bugembe a city suburb is on he is on run after killing his wife Betty Namukuve. The deceased was a food vendor at Kyabazinga Market Bugembe.

Abbey Ngako, the police spokesperson has confirmed the incident and said for the last four years, the man had suspected his wife of cheating on him with other men and he had once promised to kill her.

“We got information that the man started a countdown for his wife towards her murder, counting from 10 days,” Ngako said.

He faulted local authorities for not reporting the matter to police in time because if they had, the man would have been arrested.

Buwekula LCI Chairperson Jamawa Kwegemya said the deceased reported the matter to her office and she reconciled the couple after listening to both sides.

“She told us that the man intends to kill her, and I deployed the defence secretary of the village who has been monitoring the situation but it’s so unfortunate that we have lost a life,” Kwegemya said.

She said cases of domestic violence are on the increase and blamed police for granting suspects bond after they have been arrested.

The deceased’s body was taken to the morgue of Jinja regional referral hospital



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