By Ronald Seebe
A police manhunt is underway in Namutumba District, eastern Uganda, for a man who allegedly killed his wife for receiving Shs2,000 from a suspected lover.
Alifari Obaga, 30, is said to have killed the 28-year-old mother of his two children, Margret Nayobe, at their home in Nakawano Village, Kizuba Sub-county on Sunday night. Ms Esuka Logose, a neighbour, said the suspect asked the deceased to explain where she had got the money, to which she reportedly said that she had borrowed it “from a man” to buy a cooking pot because she couldn’t afford a saucepan.
“At around 1pm on Sunday, the couple had a fight, after which the wife said she wanted to leave. We, however, talked her into staying after her husband admitted that he was at fault,” Ms Logose said. She added: “However, at around 10:30pm, the husband came to my home, saying he had received information that his wife got the Shs2,000 from a man with whom she has always been suspected to be in love with.” Read more
