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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fear has engulfed residents of Nsuwa zone in Katwe after machete-wielding men cut their member, Aisha Nakitende, alongside her daughter Olivia Namatovu, in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
Nakitende according to neighbors was attacked about 10 minutes to 6am during a morning down pour. At the time of the attack, Nakitende had woken up early to do laundry and was planning to attend to her food kiosk which is a kilometer from her residence.
Sharon Namubiru, a neighbour in the opposite rental said she woke up at 5:45am to collect water as it had started pouring but found Nakitende already on her veranda washing clothes. Uganda Radio Network found three basins filled with clothes Nakitende was washing minutes before she was attacked.
When Nakitende was sighted in the trench just opposite her home, the locals decided to alert her daughter since the house was open. To their shock, they found Namatovu also in a pool of blood fighting for her life just like the mother.
“I looked at my phone and it was 5:45am,” Namubiru recounts. “I left her my bucket to fill with water as she was still washing her clothes, shut my door and went back to bed. I was shocked after it had stopped raining to see people gather around Nakitende in a trench.”
Nakitende and Namatovu were hacked severally in the head, back, legs and other body parts. Police from Katwe picked the two victims and took them to Mulago hospital for treatment but they were in a critical condition.
Assistant Superintendent of Police-ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson said the detectives were doing everything possible to identify the attackers. Police said they are working with area chairman Badru Kateregga to ensure a solution is reached to avert similar incidents.
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