Police In Uganda have launched investigations in a murder case in which a 38 year old man identified as Rweitaemazi James was murdered over a widow in Rukungiri District, Western Uganda.
Rweitaemazi, a local of Nyakitabire village, Ruhinda Sub-County was allegedly murdered on Saturday night after he visited a woman he was dating and accidentally found another man with her.
According to the District Police Commander, Mr Nanoka Moses, the lady whose husband died last year was in love with two men who accidentally found each other inside her house and begun fighting each other.
“This widow was dating two different men from the same village but didn’t know each other. On Saturday night when one was taking a nap inside this lady’s house, the 2nd man also visited. They begun to quarrel which resulted into a serious fight,” Mr Nanoka told journalists on Sunday.
According to Mr Nanoka, one of the men, he identified as William Owakubariho, 40, beat Rweitaemazi before burning him to death using a mosquito net.
He said Owakubariho and one Owomugisha Consolant, 38, were arrested and detained.
The Kikunyu cell chairperson, Mr Silvestre Tindarwesire said Owomugisha has had many lovers ever since her husband died.
“We have been seeing men come in and out of her house and so when I got a call in the morning that someone had been killed at her home, I wasn’t surprised. Her love life has been the talk of our area ever since her husband died,” he said.
