SHEEMA, UGANDA: Former Makerere University lecturer who allegedly his daughter and maid to death before injuring another child, was finally arrested yesterday. Emmanuel Sabiiti Ndyanabo a resident of Kabutsye village in Sheema district was arrested from Buhweju where he had fled after the incident.
The former Kiswahili lecturer over the weekend of Sunday June 5 slit the throats of his six year old son Kendo Kukunda and sixteen-year old house maid Lillian Ainembabazi. He also attempted to slice open the throat of his eleven-year-old daughter but she survived the attack after she was rushed to Mayanja Memorial Hospital, Mbarara.
Ndyanabo’s attack on his family is alleged to have stemmed from simmering differences with his wife Lydia Bagonza. He accused her of cheating on him on numerous occasions.
A family member said that he suspected Lydia’s pregnancy was not his. He had reportedly attacked Lydia several times in the past and attempted to kill her, leading to her leaving their marital home many times.
Neighbours claim, though it is unsubstantiated, that before the tragic Sunday incident, Lydia had informed Ndyanabo in the heat of an argument that none of the children they were raising were his.
Sabiiti Narrates Ordeal
Speaking to the police after his arrest, Sabiiti confessed to having committed the crimes but said that he was provoked by the woman he had been with for about 15 years in marriage. “I was provoked by the woman. She always told me that the children we have are not mine,” he said.
“One time she also lied that the pregnancy was mine yet when had spent over two years without sleeping together,” he said.
Sabiiti also disclosed that when he retired from Makerere, he wanted to join his woman in the business he had set up for her. “She denied me access to the business, something that frustrated me,” he said.
Sabiiti, however, apologized for his grave actions.
Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi police spokesperson confirmed Sabiiti’s arrest and said they managed to track Sabiiti through his phone and also received a call from a concerned citizen in Buhweju.
According to Tumusiime, preliminary information shows that the former lecturer of languages at Makerere University killed the duo following a misunderstanding with their mother on allegations that one of the children wasn’t his biological daughter.
He says that Sabiiti rejected a case in May last year and they advised to subject the children to DNA tests to establish their parentage. Sabiiti’s wife, Lydia Bagonza, says that the suspect at one point wanted to kill her but she was saved by the residents.
David Kakuru, the LCI chairperson of Kabutsye village, says Sabiiti had opened a bar in the area called Mombasa and was always ranting about his family issues with the leaders, which they referred to the Probation Officer.
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