Locals in Mutungo zone III in Nakawa Division, Kampala were left in shock after a hawker dived into a drainage channel with running water under mysterious circumstances.
Brian Mugarura 28 years was seen running out of his house towards the drainage by 6 am on Monday morning while screaming that big snakes were after his life.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says they received information from locals that Mugarura had stormed out of his house claiming things were following him .
He says the deceased threw himself into the Kasokosoko drainage channel and the dead body was retrieved from the swamp and taken to Mulago hospital mortuary.
According to the residents, the deceased was heard crying out loud that he was being chased by a snake sent by his estranged wife before he ran out of room and threw himself into a channel in Kasokoso and died.
Stanley Ssengendo the area chairperson Mutungo Zone III said the deceased was one of his residents and a hawker dealing in old shoe merchandises but he broke up with his ‘wife’ only identified as Irene in past months over unknown misunderstandings.
He however, suspects that the deceased could have ended his life because of depression or anxiety problems
