Kampala, (UG):- Police in Kampala Metropolitan are actively investigating circumstances under which one Agnes Nantongo of Matugga in Wakiso District was gruesomely killed while jogging and her lifeless body dumped along the Northern Bypass.
Nantongo, an employee at the Africa Oil Petrol Station in Bweyogerere Division was reportedly hit with a blunt object on the head by unknown persons in an incident that reportedly occurred near Agenda Bridge at Kamuli A’ Zone, Kireka Ward in Namugongo Division, Wakiso District, on Sunday morning.
Preliminary reports from police indicate that Nantongo was last seen leaving her workplace on Saturday around 7:00 PM, wearing the same clothes found on her body.
On Sunday morning, at approximately 8:00 AM, passersby discovered her lifeless body in a roadside shrub and alerted the authorities. Police responded swiftly and began investigations into the circumstances surrounding her death.
According to police, Nantongo may have been struck with a blunt object while jogging, based on the tracksuit she was wearing.
Patrick Onyango, the KMP Spokesperson said Nantongo’s body was taken to the city mortuary for postmortem and later handed to the relatives for burial as investigations into what exactly killed her intensify.
Nantongo’s death has sent shockwaves among residents of Kira Municipality who often exercise on the road in the morning and evening. This is the second incident in two years that a female jogger has been attacked in the area.
In November 2022, a female jogger in Namugongo, a few kilometres from where the latest incident happened, was attacked by men, who gang-raped her before stealing her mobile phone. The suspects were arrested and their trial is still pending.
Similar incidents have occurred in the past. In July 2022, James Kakooza, a local Councillor in Kamwokya, was killed while jogging near Centenary Park by assailants on a motorcycle.
In July this year, unknown thugs attacked Bishop Zac Niringiye with a blunt object while he was jogging in Ntinda, Nakawa Division and robbed him of his mobile phone. It was the second incident against the cleric in the same area within a space of three years.
Do you have a story or an opinion to share? Email us on: [email protected] Or join the Daily Express WhatsApp channel for all the latest news and trends or join the Telegram Channel for the latest updates.
