By APN Reporter
apearlnews.com
The Territorial Police in Rwizi Region and Kiruhura district have in custody a grandmother identified as Tumukuzire Mable, aged 59, for the alleged murder of her two grandchildren in revenge for mistreatment by her two sons, who are parents of the two victims.
Fred Enanga the Uganda Police spokesperson says that according to the facts, on January 11, 2023, at around 3 p.m., the suspect had a serious misunderstanding with her two sons, Muramuzi Gastonia and Akatuhwera Onesmus, which prompted her to call her other son, Mwesigwa Justus, 29, a businessman from the same village, and tell him how his brothers wanted to fight her, before threatening to leave the house and never return.
The son responded and reached home at around 2 a.m. but did not find her mother and two grandchildren, namely, Gumisiriza Daton, a 7-year-old grandchild and son of Muramuzi Gastonia, and Akatuhwera Prosper, a 2-year-old male juvenile and son of Akatuhwera Onesmus, missing from home. When they called her to find out her whereabouts, she insisted that they would never see her again.
On January 12, 2023, at around 7 a.m., a search led to the recovery of the first body of the deceased at Dege’s farm, located about 1.3 kilometers away from the suspect’s home. The second body of the grandchild was recovered from Jolly’s dam, located 300 meters away from the suspect’s home. Upon recovery, it was established that the bodies of the victims had swollen stomachs and external injuries. The suspect claims she pushed the victims into the valley dams with the help of her husband, Katwiremunda Sarapio, where they drowned and died. A serious manhunt for the husband who is in hiding is ongoing.
Enanga adds that it is also alleged that the suspect was not happy with her son, Akatuhwera Onesmus, for marrying a woman with a child from an earlier marriage. and has always threatened her daughter-in-law to leave her home with her child.
Enanga says that the motivation was anger and revenge, which cost the lives of two innocent grandchildren. The suspect is to be charged with two counts of murder as a serious manhunt for her husband continues.
