Poverty Leads man to strangle wife and Baby.

In a village near Kampala, a man decided to kill his wife and child because he had been evicted from a house he was renting after he failed to pay rent for the house. One Kabango who was staying on the veranda for some time with his wife and child, strangled both when he felt he could no longer contain the situation he was in. it is reported that it was poverty that caused this problem.

These actions reported in the Red Pepper of November 27, 2014 is a sign of things to happen in the years ahead as the unemployment problem continues in the country. Recently, the census revealed that Uganda’s population was about 35million (plus one, me, because I was not counted). Sometime back a girl committed suicide throwing herself down the 26 floors from the NSSF building in downtown Kampala. This is a case of a man killing his wife and strangled his baby “read he had no job” The reports indicate that 70% of Uganda’s population is below 35 years old possibly 50% below 15 years old. This means that more than 50% of the population is unproductive and it must be fed.

Traveling around the country you will not be surprised that nearly every other person you see is idle. Uganda must create jobs and these jobs will not come through government putting emphasis on agriculture. Unfortunately, the complaint is government puts only 2% of its budget on agriculture yet it is the largest employer and is the key to the growth of the Ugandan economy and to addressing unemployment.

I have written on this column and I have said that government should mobilize people to increase production in agriculture. This is the key to unlocking Uganda’s employment potential. Of course increased agricultural production goes hand in hand with infrastructure. If there are no roads, what is produced will remain in the villages. Government therefore must also address the road system. This is a thumbs up for Museveni as he labours to explain why we need agriculture. This will of course give incomes to people who will now demand for other goods and services. Increased incomes may lead to better production methods and possibly increased productivity. This is what will make a change in the lives of the people in this country. Lets therefore not take such actions lightly. They are simply indictors of a problem rather than the problem itself.

MAN KILLS WIFE, STRANGLES BABY OVER RENT

SHOCK  AND grief gripped residents of Nabaziza Zone in Kyengera-Nzangi Sub County in Wakiso, when a poverty-stricken man decided to kill his whole family after he has evicted by his landlords.

The murderous man has been identified as kabango Nsenzi, who was evicted by Toney Muwanga for failure to pay him five months’ rent arrears amounting to Shs250,000.

Eyewitnesses told Red pepper that a week ago, Muwanga (landlord) evicted the couple just two month Kabango’s wife Rachael Naturinda gave birth to their baby by caesarian section.

“The man visibly had nowhere to relocate and when they slept on the verandah for a few days, one kind neighbor sheltered the woman and the baby to protect them from freezing with coldness at night,” a neighbor narrated.

Sources however revealed that the Good Samaritan was forced to throw out the woman and child after Muwanga threatened to evict him from his houses for encouraging defaulters not pay his money’. Lost for solutions, Kabango is said to have resorted to finishing off is family.

 “He came at night with a gauze wire which he used to strangle his wife at the verandah, before proceeding to the baby whom he also tied with the gauze around the neck until it passed out. On being contented that both were dead, Kabango entered the house and tried to hang himself using a necktie,” a neighbor narrated.

By sheer luck however, the tie broke and Kabango landed onto the ground with a thud, which attracted Muwanga to rush and check who had entered his house. He found Kabango groaning. “When I touched the woman, she was already dead while the baby had a gauze wire tied around its neck so I raised an alarm which attracted the neighbor and also informed police about the matter,” Muwanga narrated. Police whisked the baby to mulago hospital while Naturinda’s  body was taken to mortuary for postmortem.

The death however took a controversial twist when some people close to the family confirmed that Kabango’s action was fuelled by poverty while others claimed it was premeditated after he learnt that his wife was sleeping with a colleague he has been working with at Arua Park in the city centre as a taxi tout.