By Weswa Ronnie
BUDUDA
A man has hacked to death his 21 year old brother in-law after failing to agree on how to share the Parish Development Model money they had received.
Police has identified the suspect as Samuel Mashetisha and the deceased as Andrew Watetera, a student of Bulucheke Secondary School and a resident of Bunasaba village, Bumakita parish, Nalwanza Sub County in Bududa district.
It was reported that Watetera came to visit his brother-in-law yesterday, Monday, 22nd May, 2023 but they later disagreed on how to share the Parish Development Model (PDM) money they got.
According to Martin Sogoni, a neighbor, the two first fought but Watetera overpowered Mashetisha prompting the latter to go into his house where he picked a panga that he used to cut the deceased on the head killing him on the spot.
After killing his in law, the suspect is said to have hanged the body of the deceased on the roof of his using a rope with the aim of making people think that he committed suicide.
Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police spokesperson has confirmed the incident saying that they are currently hunting for Mashetisha saying once arrested, he will answer charges of murder.
He says the body of the deceased has been taken to Bududa hospital for postmortem.
He adds that they are still investigating the allegation of PDM money sharing which led to the murder.
