By Weswa Ronnie
BUSIA
A 40 year old Karamojong woman but resident of Solo ‘A’ village, Busia town has been murdered after the killers called her out of her house at about 1:00AM last night with a promise of giving her some meat.
Paulina Lokiru’s body was this morning, Thursday 9th May, 2024 found dumped in River Solo, Solo ‘A’ village, Busia town, the Bukedi Region Police Spokesperson, Moses Mugwe, said.
He says that they received information involving a murder of a 40-year-old woman and have arrested three people as investigations go on.
He adds that they are yet to establish the motive of the killing.
However, he said the police are following clues suggesting that an unknown person had [phone] called out the victim from her house after midnight. Investigations will establish whether the caller had a hand in her killing.
Unverified reports suggest that the mother-of-six was lured to her death by a yet-to-be-identified person, who reportedly told her that they had meat to share.
Jamada Mayende, a resident, says the deceased was called by some unknown person at about 1am, telling her that there was meat to be shared, while her husband, Paul Agan, who is a security guard, was on night duty.
Agan provided an alibi to his whereabouts at the time of the murder, saying he was on his night shift of duty, but only heard that his wife was called from the house by an unknown person, who seemed to know her, while promising her meat.
He described his wife as a “peaceful woman who never held grudges with anyone”, raising questions of who might have killed her or wanted her dead.
Solo ‘A’ Village LC1 chairman, Sam Mbogo, also says the deceased was discovered by residents who were going to garden in the morning.
He says that they saw traces of blood along the riverbank and when they came closer, they found her body lying on the bed of the river.
The deceased worked as a cleaner and often spent time sorting cereals in Busia main market.
By press time, her body was at Busia Health Centre IV for postmortem.
