By Weswa Ronnie
BUDAKA
A mob of angry Boda boda riders in Budaka District, eastern Uganda, on Thursday, 27th March, 2025 beat a suspected motorcycle thief to death.
The incident occurred at Wilta Travellers Inn in Nakibulu zone, Macholi Ward, Budaka Town Council.
According to Moses Kitiyo Mwanga, the Bukedi North region police commander, the deceased, Fred Naliti, a resident of Petete in Butebo District, allegedly stole a motorcycle with registration number UGJ 899E from Pasire Tif on Wednesday night.
A report was filed at Petete police station, and the motorcycle was tracked and recovered at Club 700 in Budaka Town the following morning.
He says the suspect had left behind his phone and he returned to claim it at around 7:00 pm, only to be attacked by the mob. Police responded to the scene, documented the crime scene, and recovered stones used in the assault.
The body was taken to Budaka HC IV mortuary for a postmortem examination.
This incident is not the first reported case of mob justice in Budaka District. In a similar incident, two men were lynched by a mob in Nakabale Village, Kaderuna Sub-county, on suspicion of being cattle thieves.
