Police in Kabale District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 54-year-old man, Vincent Rwomushana, a resident of Kanyante Village in Kibuga Sub-county.
According to police, the incident occurred on December 25, 2025, at around 11:00 p.m. Rwomushana was reportedly returning home from a drinking place at Hamuhokye Trading Centre when he was attacked by unknown assailants. He sustained serious head injuries that left him unconscious.
Later that night, a resident identified as Mbabazize and others, while heading to Hamuhokye Trading Centre, found Rwomushana bleeding heavily. They rushed him to Rushoroza Health Centre IV, where he was pronounced dead on December 26, 2025, at about 5:45 a.m.
The matter was reported to the LCIII Chairperson of Kibuga Sub-county, Vincent Kamugisha, who alerted Kibuga Police Station. Police subsequently registered a case of murder.
The Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, Elly Maate, confirmed that the scene was visited, processed, and documented by the Kabale homicide team. Statements have been recorded from relevant witnesses, and a postmortem examination has been conducted.
Maate has appealed to members of the public with any information that may help identify the perpetrators to volunteer it to the police so that suspects can be arrested and brought to justice.
