Ex-Deputy Attorney General Rukutana's missing nephew found dead

Source: The Independent Uganda:

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 27- Year old Felix Kamwesiga who has been missing for five days has been found dead.

Kamwesiga is a nephew to the former Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana.

According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, Kamwesiga's body was found at Mulago Mortuary having been taken there by officers from Kabalagala Police.

Owoyesigyire said that a team of investigators from Katwe Police is on its way to the crime scene around Kabalagala areas to establish the circumstances leading to his death .

According to our sources who preferred not to be quoted as they never wanted to speak to the media for fear of jeopardizing investigations, the deceased Kamwesiga was working with a labour recruitment company.

"CEO of T and N Miracle Agencies Management regret to announce the missing of their staff Kamwesiga Felix. He was last sighted on Friday at our offices at 5pm. Whoever knows his whereabouts should report to any nearby police station or call the Managing Director....," a statement from his employer stated.

Rukutana had earlier in the day told our Reporter that he was unsettled following the missing of his nephew for four days and needed time since he had gotten some links regarding his whereabouts.

"My nephew Kamwesiga went missing Friday night. He was last sighted in Makindye around 4am Saturday morning . Anybody with information about his whereabouts is welcome and will be rewarded," Rukutana posted on his WhatsApp status.

In one of the messages mourning Kamwesiga's death, his relative posted "it is still hard for me to believe that you are gone. I want all this to be false news and that you are alive and okay. The funniest brother I know. May God grant you eternal rest...", it states.

There have been several cases of missing persons being found dead of recent.

Police last week indicated that a Special hire driver Sonny Serwano Bamujje, who was a resident of Ndejje Lubugumu in Ssabagabo, Wakiso District went missing and was later found dead in Nakaseke swamp.

Also the Police few days ago indicated that the Body of a Makerere University Lecturer Julius Mugaga's body was on Thursday last week found floating in Lake Victoria by fishermen at Senene Island after he had also gone missing for some days.

In February 2024 , the body of Derrick Genza who went missing for seven days was found on the roadside in Bujuuko, Mpigi district along the Kampala-Mityana road.