By; Ben Musanje
A man suspected to have killed a woman in Nyanama, off Entebbe Road, Rubaga Division in Kampala City, has been arrested while on his way back to Kampala from a shrine in Nakaseke District where he had gone to cleans himself.
The suspect has been handed over to Nakaseke Police Station for interrogation.
Addressing the media this evening at Central Police Station in Kampala, the Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Emiliano Kayima identified the suspect as Charles Kato and the deceased as Maria Nabilanda.
On Monday, police recovered a body of a woman in her 20s abandoned in a shrub. She was the 20th woman to be killed in Kampala Metropolitan Police Area in a recent surge of mysterious murders.
According to Kayima, the traditional healer tipped police officers who arrested the suspect.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the deceased and the suspect had a domestic wrangle over a piece of land they co- own in Matugga, Wakiso District which over the weekend prompted her to fear going back home but instead booked in Master Inn, a guest house in Namasuba, on Entebbe Road and rested.
However, the boyfriend located her in the guest house where a fight reportedly ensued. The couple reportedly agreed to go home and settle the matter but along the way, they had another fight from a point where the boda boda operators dropped them.
Kayima says the suspect strangled the woman and dumped the body in Nyanama.
Since May this year, at least 30 suspects have been arrested over the death of women especially prostitutes.
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