Bugweri, (UG): Police in Bugweri district are holding a traditional healer and his wife after a woman who had been brought into their shrine for treatment died under unclear circumstances.
The Police spokesperson, SCP Fred Enanga confirmed the arrest of the duo in a Monday press briefing at police headquarters in Kampala.
He identified the suspects as Bateganya Bwiga, 62, and his wife, Madina Baseke, 70, while the deceased has been identified as Margaret Nantale, 53, who died in Bateganya’s shrine in Budubye village, Buyanga sub-county in Bugweri district.
According to Enanga, it is alleged that the traditional healer caused the transfer of Nantale from another shrine to his, and administered local treatment to her for three days.
“They continued to confine the victim at their shrine even when her condition was degenerating instead of taking her to hospital for further medical treatment,” Enanga said, adding that whereas Nantale’s condition deteriorated, the witch doctor and his wife refused to refer her to a hospital for treatment but rather kept her in the shrine for three days until she died.
The two suspects face charges related to criminal negligence causing death of a person according to Mr Enanga.
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