Missing Kitagata S6 Student found dead in toilet
SHEEMA- The Police in Sheema District are investigating circumstances that lead to the death of a 23 year form six student at Kitagata Secondary School in Kitagata Town Council Sheema District whose body was found in the school toilet after days of going missing.
The deceased has been identified as Caption Rwamamanzi who went missing on the evening of 12th November 2023 according to the Greater Bushenyi Police Spokesperson SSP Marcial Tumusiime.
Sources from fellow students at School, Rwamamanzi was last seen in the School on Sunday as they prepared to write their first examination on Monday for the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education that commenced on Monday 13th 2023.
Asaph Mwije the Kitagata Secondary School Deputy Headteacher confided to this reporter that School authorities came to understand that Rwamamanzi was missing from the school on the same day as they conducted a night roll call at around 9:45Pm.
Mwije added that despite a thorough search for him in all corners, they failed to trace his whereabouts hence informing the Police who also started a search in the school vicinity, nearby bushes and the surrounding building that all yielded no fruits of success.
It was until Wednesday evening, 15th November 2023 when Rwamamanzi’s body was found in one of the dilapidated school toilets.
The incident left many students, especially the candidates he was supposed to sit exams with, wondering how their friend and classmate ended up in such a tearful and regrettable death.
A section of parents whom our reporter found at the scene after the recovery of Rwamamanzi’s body narrated that they want the Police to do thorough investigations to establish the likely cause of this death.
By press time, the body was being conveyed to Kitagata Hospital mortuary for a postmortem examination to ascertain the cause of the death.