KABALE – Police in Kabale District have recovered the body of Aryatwijuka Living (40), a lay reader at Rubira Church of Uganda, from river Rwabakazi along the Kabale-Mbarara road.
The deceased, a resident of Katookye cell, Kigata parish, Kyanamira Sub County in Kabale district, had gone missing on the 15th of this month. His body was discovered by Kabale police yesterday at 11:00 AM.
Aryatwijuka left his home on 15/01/2024 at around 10:00 AM on his motorcycle and did not return until approximately 9:00 PM. Concerned, his wife, Ninsiima Prudence, started calling his telephone number, only to find it switched off. Relatives initiated a search and found his motorcycle, court maroon in color, along with church books and the receipt for church funds, abandoned along the Kabale-Mbarara road.
On the 16/01/2024 around 08:00 AM, Prudence was informed that the motorcycle had been found abandoned at Lubira village along Mbarara road in Kabale. It was taken to Chairman LC 2 by two good Samaritans. Elly Maate, the Kigezi region police spokesperson, stated that upon receiving this information, D/SP Mukama Hakim dispatched a team of Homicide, crime intelligence, local leaders to visit, examine the scene, and conduct a search for the victim, but all efforts proved futile.
Maate revealed that a case file of disappearance (CRB 063/2024) has been reclassified as murder. The scene of the crime was visited by a team of homicide detectives led by D/SP Mukama Hakim, Soco, local leaders, church leaders, and other homicide detectives. Relevant statements were recorded, the victim was recovered, a postmortem was conducted, and as of now, no arrests have been made.
CUE IN MAATE…ON THE MATTER….RR/ENG//
