Police in Masaka are investigating a gruesome case in which a man killed his girlfriend and later hang himself on a tree.
Godfrey Ssekiranda, a 27-year-old resident of Kinyasi Village, Sembabule District is believed to have gruesomely killed Shakira Nalutaaya a 26-year-old lady believed to be his girlfriend.
Twaha Kasirye, the Southern regional police spokesperson said,
“He was found hanging on a tree in Sembabule where he fled after killing his spouse,” he added that, “We don’t think killing each other among lovers is necessary since most of the time, these issues can be solved if they engaged elders or even police,”
The ongoing police investigations indicate that Ssekiranda was angered by Nalutaaya’s failure to manage a mobile money business he had set up for her.
According to the locals, Ssekiranda had invested over two million shillings in the business after selling his piece of land in his home district of Sembabule.
According to a suicide note found on his body in Sembabule, Ssekiranda killed Nalutaaya and later and locked her body in their rented room in Nyendo where she was found dead.
Kasirye condemned the incident, urging “couples should always seek advice from marriage counselors, elders, or the police family and child protection unit when they get misunderstandings instead of trying to fix things themselved.