KAMPALA, UGANDA: Fresh details have emerged on how Ms Susan Alweny, 36, a lawyer at Liberty Insurance Company Ltd was gravely murdered by an unknown gang in Kiwatule, a Kampala suburb.
Alweny, a resident of Mbalwa, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District was on Friday last week hit with a paver on the head as she stood by the roadside waiting for a Boda Boda rider to take her home.
The mother of two was the last born in a family of six, including Ms Stella Nyapendi Chombo, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) assistant commissioner in charge of border affairs, policy, and legal services.
According to Mr Peter Oketch, the deceased’s husband, moments before the incident happened she (Alweny) spoke to their four-year-old daughter, Abba, but sounded as though she was in fear that she would be robbed, an indication that the place she was in was far from nearby households or shops.
“Our daughter wanted to speak to the mother and when the phone was put on loudspeaker, her mother said, ‘I am coming home, be patient; my phone will be grabbed’. That was the last time I heard her voice,” he said.
Mr Oketch described the loss of her spouse whom they had spent 20 years as a shocking incident to the family as she was more than a wife but a ‘mother’ to him.
“I will miss everything about my wife. For someone you have known for 20 years, surely you must miss everything. She was my mother because I lost my mother, so there are no words that can explain how I feel,” Mr Oketch noted.
The deceased’s brother-in-law, Mr Henry Chombo said Alweny had spent Thursday night at their home in Jomayi Nabusugwe Estate, Goma Division, Mukono District, but left for work on Friday morning.
According to Mr Chombo, the deceased then rang her husband at 7pm, asking if he would take her out, to which he reportedly said they may not [go out], but she should come home.
However, her husband rang Mr Chombo on Saturday at 12:30am, saying she hadn’t yet reached home.
“The deceased doesn’t go out, she isn’t a criminal and therefore couldn’t have been arrested. At 5am, I rang her husband and we combed nearby police stations, starting with Kiira and then Najera, but they both had no idea,” Mr Chombo recounts.
“But when her husband said she rang him from Kiwatule after buying goat’s meat, I knew something was wrong because that place is known for a spate of crime, so we decided to ask at some Boda Boda stage,” he adds.
At the stage, one of the Boda Boda riders was hesitant to speak to them while another was willing, and told them that there was a lady who was hit with a paver and bled profusely before the police were called in and took her to Mulago Hospital.
It is then that they rushed to Mulago Hospital with the hope that she was still alive; unfortunately, she was not.
Born on March 7, 1986, the deceased who was now the head of claims at Liberty Insurance attended Tororo Girls’ School for her ‘O’ level, Namirembe Hillside for her ‘A’ Level and Makerere University Law School. She will be laid to rest on Tuesday at Mwenge Village, Nagongera Town Council in Tororo District.
Credit: Monitor
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