A woman and two toddlers have been strangled to death on a cattle farm in Kigumba village, Kigezi-Maddu sub-county, in Gomba district.
This was after Fred Nabimanya, a worker at a cattle farm belonging to a rich man, Kisondo from Manyogaseka in Mubende district, single-handedly killed three people.
The deceased; Jessica Kayesu, aged 26 years; Joy Kubakurungi, aged two and a half years; and Phiona Tusingwire, aged one and a half years; were a wife and children to Nabimanya’s fellow employee, Stephen Katureebe.
Initial reports show that the incident occurred when Nabimanya’s boss sent him UGX 50,000 three days ago to buy food for his fellow farm workers; however, upon receiving it, he used it to buy alcohol.
This prompted Katureebe to report to their boss, prompting the angry Nabimanya back to the farm and killing Katureebe’s family.
While speaking to the media on November 25, 2024, Katureebe said that their boss was upset and sent more money to Katureebe’s phone to buy food; however, he told him to deliver a message to Nabimanya of his disappointment in him and how he would never send him any money again.
’’I found Nabimanya drinking in a local bar and confronted him about what he had done; however, I did not expect him to get angry to the point of killing my young family in such a manner,’’ Katureebe said.
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The chairman of Kigumba, Zacharia Lutalo, confirmed the incident and cautioned farm owners in Gomba district, who have a tendency of bringing farm workers with no identification and without registering them with the local leaders.
Lutalo added that Nabimanya killed Katureebe’s family due to guilt and anger.
’’Nabimanya strangled to death Katureebe’s wife and two children with a rope because we found a rope in Kayesu’s neck that he used to commit this heinous act,’’ he said.
The incident highlights broader issues of accountability and worker welfare in agricultural settings in Uganda, particularly in Gomba district, hence making community leaders call for better management practices among farm owners to prevent such tragedies in the future.
