Police in Kiboga have kicked off investigations into circumstances under which a man poisoned two of his children to death after separating with his wife.
The incident according to the Wamala regional police spokesperson, Superintendent Racheal Kawala, happened on Tuesday, December, 10, 2024 at around 6:30pm at Magi village,Kasega parish Kapeke subcounty in Kiboga district when Thomas Aliwo Mubi, 41 from Buyende killed his two son.
“Preliminary findings indicate that the suspect (Mubi) separated with his wife who was also the mother of their children. She left behind the children with their father,” Kawala said.
He said that after separating with his wife, Mubi moved from Buyende to Kayunga with his children in search for jobs but failed to get any and on Sunday, he left Kayunga for Hoima after his brother connected him to a job.
“On arrival at Hoima with his children he failed to trace for his brother whose phone had gone off. On Tuesday, 10, December, 2024, he left Hoima using a boda boda and made a stopover at Magi village.”
Police said having entered into a building belonging to Betty Namuli, without the knowledge of the owners, Mubi allegedly administered poison into the mouths of his children causing instant death.
Kawala said police were informed of the incident and they visited the scene where the two bodies of the children were recovered and taken to Kiboga Hospital Mortuary for postmortem.
“It has been established that the father wanted to kill the children and flee away for his own survival alone,” she said.
