Officers of the Uganda Police Force (UPF) in the Western Uganda District of Bushenyi are investigating circumstances under which a female university student was killed by unknown people. The body of Susan Kyatuhaire, who was 24 years of age, was found lying lifeless on the veranda of the room she was renting.
Kyatuhaire was in her third year. Hailing from Murisa Village in Ntungamo District, the student was renting in Kitookye Cell, Central Division, in the Ishaka Bushenyi Municipality. There was confusion on which university where Kyatuhaire was pursuing her studies.
While some reports had earlier claimed tat she was at Kyambogo University Bushenyi Branch or Learning Centre, other claimed that she was at the Valley University of Science and Technology (VUST).
Preliminary findings indicate that Kyatuhaire was healthy and well on the evening of Wednesday, November 09, 2022, and that she was seen alive in the town of Bushenyi at about 8 PM. By that time, it was raining heavily in Bushenyi Town and in a number of areas in the district.
There were also reports tat Kyatuhaire had been celebrating her birthday hours before she was killed. But there was shock when her body was found lifeless and lying with no clothes on at the veranda of the house the university student was renting.
Greater Bushenyi Regional Police Spokesperson SP Martial Tumusiime noted that the body of the deceased was discovered by her neighgors at about 11 Pm local time. They first saw the shoes and keys at the door only to discover the lifeless body at the veranda after a brief search.
The neighbors then reported the matter to the Bushenyi Police Station from where officers where detectives were sent to investigate the matter. It is not yet clear who killed her and why. But there are indications that she could have first been raped before her killers ended her life.
Detectives from Bushenyi Police Station teamed up with canines for tracking the criminals as well as scene of crime officers (Socos) to investigate the murder. The dog tracking exercise and other efforts led to the arrest of one suspect who police officers hope will help them to find the killers, and establish the motive of the murder.
Meanwhile, police has conveyed Kyatuhaire’s body to the Kampala International University (KIU) Teaching Hospital for a postmortem examination.
It should be remembered that just a few days ago a boyfriend killed his Makerere University girlfriend and dumped her body in a trench in Naguru over cheating. (See Details Here).
