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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga North, are hunting for a 45-year-old, Ronald Ibanda, a resident of Bugaya village, in Buyende district, for allegedly killing his wife.
It is alleged that Ibanda stabbed Elizabeth Ndekeye twice in the stomach on Friday night and fled.
One of the residents who spoke on condition of anonymity says that Ibanda told him that he had traveled with his wife to Iganga town.
“I communicated with Ibanda via a phone call after noticing stray dogs around his house throughout the day but, he told me that they had traveled to check on their distant relatives in Iganga town. However since the motorcyclists within our area saw him depart without the wife, we forcefully broke into the house to see,” he says.
Amos Kakuti, a resident within the area says that the couple has been embroiled in disagreements for a period of about one year. “I am the couple’s immediate neighbor and I teamed up with the local leadership, to counsel the couple against involving themselves in domestic violence but not much changed as the fights between them intensified,” he says.
Busoga North’s police spokesperson, Michael Kasadha challenged couples to always seek counseling from the police’s Child and Family Protection Unit-CFPU.
In another incident, a 24-year-old man Absalom Waiswa, a resident of Namulesa, in Northern division, in Jinja City on Saturday committed suicide after strangling to death his son, 6 year old son Simon Ibanda.
It is alleged that Waiswa hanged his son on the lower branches of the tree, before hanging himself at the top.
Susan Gamulubaale says that Waiswa had threatened to commit suicide after battling for custody of the boy with his ex-girlfriend.
Meanwhile, Police at Kanyanya have arrested Julius Matovu 32 a resident of Fort Portal City on allegations of assault and domestic violence. Matovu was arrested by police yesterday for allegedly assaulting his wife, Esther Nasaka, 22, a resident of Kikubbamba Zone.
CID spokesman Charles Twine confirmed the arrest of the man who was caught on video beating up his wife.
Domestic violence often occurs when the abuser believes that they are entitled to it, or that it is acceptable, justified, or unlikely to be reported. No matter the issue, she deserved differently.
Cv @AKasingye pic.twitter.com/URTVXMKy4Z— Uncle Mark (@UncleMarkUganda) March 12, 2022
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