A 48-year-old male pastor of Christ Church in Bukhabusi Sub-county in Namisindwa District has been arrested for brutally ending the life of his pregnant wife.
The clergyman, who is a resident of Malukhu Village, Butiru Parish in the district’s Bukhabusi Sub-county, has been detained at Namisindwa Central police station for allegedly hacking his 44-year-old wife to death during a domestic fight.
According to a police report and interviews from neighbours, the suspect had on several occasions accused his deceased wife Agnes Mandala of cheating on him with another man in the neighbourhood.
Elgon Regional Police Spokesperson Rogers Taitika said the deceased’s body was found lying dead on the banks of a deep stream of water on Wednesday.
Taitika observed that the deceased has been in concubining with a pastor and the two have been staying and moving together.
Taitika said a Police canine unit was introduced to the crime scene and led investigators to the home of the suspect, from where he was arrested to aid in the investigations.
