Police in Katwe, a Kampala suburb, has arrested two suspects on human-trafficking charges after a 31-year-old woman was duped , lost her Kidneys ; eventually leading to her death and repatriated back to Uganda from Jordan.
Muhammed Musoke and Timothy Wakhasa were arrested after an investigation into the alleged trafficking of persons reported at Katwe Police Station by Moses Nyakana, the husband to the deceased, Juliet Nakiyimba.
Nyakana, a resident of Kigaga Zone, Makindye, narrated to the investigators that the deceased left his home, claiming she had gone to the village to visit her sick parents.
However, after a few weeks, the deceased sent him Whatsapp messages and voice notes confirming to him that she had flown abroad for greener pastures.
Nyakana then received a call last month from unknown callers informing him the deceased was mentally ill and had committed suicide by jumping through a window of a five-storeyed building.
It was established that Nakiyimba was trafficked to Jordan in the month of August 2018 through Rwanda by Al Saudi Agency, a licenced company under Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development located along Kibuye Salaama Road.
Medical reports reveal that the deceased died on 4th September 2018, body repatriated back and a Post-mortem report confirmed that two of the deceased’s kidneys had been removed, a condition that may have resulted in her sudden death.
