Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero district have arrested a woman for allegedly beheading her own one-week old child. The suspect has been identified as Aidah Naluyange, aged 30 years, a resident of Kakinzi village in Butuntumula sub county. She is accused of cruelly beheading her own child …
Read More »Hoima driver dies in suspicious suicide
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima are investigating circumstances under which a prominent driver appears to have committed suicide by hanging. The deceased driver has been identified as Issa Mugisa, 40, a resident of Bwikya ward, Hoima East division, Hoima City, at the same time a driver operating …
Read More »Hawker in Kasokoso commits suicide after failed relationship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Mutungo Zone III in Nakawa Division of Kampala has committed suicide following a relationship break down with his partner. According to the residents, the deceased was heard crying out loud that he was being chased by a snake sent by his …
Read More »Rubanda man commits suicide after hacking own mother
Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 57-year-old man who has been on the run for hacking his biological mother to death in Rubanda district has been found dead. Reuben Ruhamire’s lifeless body was found floating on Lake Bunyonyi on Wednesday following his disappearance on Saturday after hacking his 80-year-old mother, Grace …
Read More »MV Kalangala crew foil man’s bid to commit suicide
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The crew of MV Kalangala have this morning foiled an attempt by a 30-year old man to kill himself by drowning. Richard Tobo had made elaborate plans for his death, down to giving clear instructions where his dead body was to be delivered, in the extreme …
Read More »Suspect commits suicide in police cells
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspect has committed suicide at Isunga central police station cells in Kagadi district. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson identified the suspect as Geoffrey Matala, a mechanic and a resident of Kisegya village in Isunga sub-county of Kagadi district. The incident happened on Saturday …
Read More »Man apologizes to residents before committing suicide
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiwanuka Nicholas aged 33 hanged himself on Monday evening in his single room rental house at Nkose landing site in Mazinga sub county, Kalangala district. Before hanging himself with a rope, the deceased left a written letter indicating his relatives phone numbers. “I have gone …
Read More »Woman commits suicide over failed relationship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-three-year-old Aidah Naikobe, a resident of Kadiba zone in Buwenge town council, Jinja district is reported to have committed suicide by strangulation after receiving information that her estranged boyfriend had moved on with another woman. Naikobe who had separated from her boyfriend and sought refuge …
Read More »SH200,000: 65 year old teacher commits suicide over debt
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A teacher has committed suicide in Oyam district allegedly over debt. The deceased has been identified as Aldo Ocen, 65, a teacher at Ayomjeri primary school in Aber sub county, Oyam district. Ocen, a resident of Akudi-Igida village, Adel Parish in Minakulu sub county consumed …
Read More »80 suicide cases registered in Acholi sub region since January
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty cases of suicide were registered in Acholi sub-region between January and October this year, according to statistics released by Gulu Sheffield Mental Health Partnership in collaboration with Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. According to the breakdown of the statistics, 57 of the cases involved male …
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