POLICE | MURDER | DEATH 

MUKONO - Police in Nagalama have arrested a man over the alleged murder of his mother over a land dispute.

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, said that today (Thursday) morning, at about 10:00 am, Mubarak Gowa, a resident of Kalagala village, Kyampisi sub-county in Mukono district, developed a quarrel over land with his mother Jalia Nalongo Nabukeera, 70, picked a hammer and hit her on the head, killing her instantly.

Onyango noted that when Police were informed of the incident, they quickly responded and arrested Gowa. Nabukeera’s body was taken to Kayunga Hospital for a post-mortem as investigations into the matter continue.

The Late Nnalongo Jalia Nabukeera

He appealed to members of the public to resolve disputes peacefully and avoid violence.

Kyampisi sub-county speaker, Saidah Nanonzi, said Gowa had already been given land by his mother that he sold only to return, pressuring his mother for another piece of land, something she refused to do.

Nanonzi said land disputes have become prevalent in Kyampisi district and blamed the issue on stakeholders not doing enough to resolve them.

“All the problems are mostly centred around the LCIII land court where anyone with a land dispute for assistance must first surrender part of the land he wants to be helped,” she claimed.

Nanonzi added that children nowadays expect to inherit property rather than work to accumulate their own, and urged parents to instil religious values among their children.