On Sunday morning, City lawyer and businessman Adam Haibala Mulongo returned to his home in Kigowa Ntinda and found thugs waiting at the gate. They swung into action beating him up and leaving him for death. He was rushed to Independent Hospital, where he was referred to Victoria Medical Centre hospital. Upon arrival, he was pronounced dead.
His friends broke the news on social media in the early hours of Sunday morning. One friend said “I am shattered. Thugs took my friend’s life. Criminals beat up Adam Mulongo to death as he waited to be opened for at his gate. I am so sorry Adam. What a painful way to die. Rest easy now. Easy bro”
Mulongo died a week after his friends had organized for him a surprise birthday party.
Another of his friends wrote, “Just woken up to this terrifying sad news of losing a good friend Mulongo Ham aka Adam who was hit this morning in Kigowa Ntinda, taken to independent hospital n they couldn’t do anything , the ambulance took him to Victoria Hospital only to be pronounced dead…Just last Saturday we made him a surprised birthday party kumbe we were all saying bye bye to him.RIP big Adam.”
Adam Haibala Mulongo
Adam Haibala Mulongo was the manager of Petrol Services a business he took over after the death of his father Mr. Mulongo. Petrol Services repair fuel pumps and carry out maintenance activities or their clients.
He was also a legal consultant for Jaboo and Partners. He joined law school in 1999 and later graduated. At Makerere University, he stayed in Lumumba Hall. Mulongo also studied at Busoga College Mwiiri.
By the time we went to press, he was expected to be buried in Mbale on Sunday.