Summary:
- According to police reports, the incident occurred on Wednesday at around 11:38 AM in Bufuka village. While clearing a bush near an electric pole in his mother’s garden, Tukwasibwe accidentally touched a support wire that was live with electric power, resulting in his immediate death.
KABALE: Kabale District police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the electrocution of Tukwasibwe Ivan, a 39-year-old resident of Bufuka village, Mwendo parish, Kitumba sub-county, who died on the spot.
According to police reports, the incident occurred on Wednesday at around 11:38 AM in Bufuka village. While clearing a bush near an electric pole in his mother’s garden, Tukwasibwe accidentally touched a support wire that was live with electric power, resulting in his immediate death.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, confirmed the incident, stating that police were alerted by the area chairperson, Turyahumura Nelson.
He said that officers visited, processed, and documented the scene before transporting the body to Kabale Referral Hospital mortuary for a postmortem examination.
Following the examination, the body was handed over to the deceased’s relatives for a dignified burial.
