Lives we lost: 25-year-old loses life after prayers
Friday January 08 2021
Summary
He was coming from the mosque where he had gone for prayer. The policeman shot him in the head. He died on the spot
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In the last instalment of this series, we chronicle how bullets prematurely shattered the blooming dreams of dozens during two days of madness last November. In interviews with our reporter, Gillian Nantume, grieving families and friends share the triumphs, travails and final moments of relatives in a way that offers insights into the lives of victims hitherto treated as statistics.
FAISAL BWANIKA
The 25-year-old had no wife and children at the time of his death. He was a farmer and trader, growing ginger, which he used to sell in Kampala.
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Friday January 08 2021
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LAWRENCE LUBEGA, AKA BOY
He was a 22-year-old man who was allegedly a notorious criminal in Kyotera Town Council, in Kyotera District. Those who knew him say he was a pickpocket who targeted women to steal their handbags.
“He always used the mbadiya (choke-hold) method to steal. He also broke into people’s homes at night,” says a friend, who prefers to speak in anonymity .
However, his aunt, Pauline Nakato, says Lubega worked at a maize-milling machine at Bethlehem Stage. “He was an obedient boy. He would visit me and spend the whole day chatting,” Nakato says.
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Thursday January 07 2021
People walk with their hands raised up in Kampala during the riots on November 18 where scores were shot dead after the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine. PHOTO | STEPHEN OTAGE
Summary
Grieving families and friends share the triumphs, travails and final moments of relatives in a way that offers insights into the lives of victims hitherto treated as statistics.
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In the new series, we chronicle how bullets prematurely shattered the blooming dreams of dozens during two days of madness last November. In interviews with our reporter,
Gillian Nantume, grieving families and friends share the triumphs, travails and final moments of relatives in a way that offers insights into the lives of victims hitherto treated as statistics.