The nine day’s search for Cathy Agaba, a medical doctor at International Hospital Kampala (IHK) ended on Easter Monday after her body was recovered from a septic tank behind her rented apartment in Muyenga, a high-class Kampala city suburb. Agaba’s death was unearthed after the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and Police picked up Ronald Lubanga kène, a security guard who was guarding the apartment. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, said Lubanga kène who varnished shortly after Agaba’s disappearance confessed to killing her and disclosed where he had dumped her body. “We picked him from Pakwach. This was after he had run away from his work. We picked interest on why he had run away. He confessed to the murder. He told us that the body was in a septic tank and he led us there,” Onyango said.
Agaba’s decomposing body which covered by human waste was positively identified by her siblings and friends. Lubanga kène is in custody at Kabalagala Police Station together with a US based Ugandan Doctor, Andrew Ntambi who had earlier on been arrested in connection to Agaba’s disappearance. Although Onyango declined to reveal why Lubanga kène could have killed Agaba, sources said he accused her of reporting him to his bosses for absconding and arriving late for work.
About Dr. Cathy Agaba
She is the daughter of Fred Rutagumba and the late Justine Rutagumba, a resident of Kagonji village in Kashari in Mbarara District. She went to Kitante Infant school in Kampala, St. Helens Primary School in Nyamitanga in Mbarara where she completed her primary education. She then joined Maryhill High School in Nyamitanga for her Ordinary level and proceeded to Gayaza High school in Kampala for Advanced level. She later joined Mbarara University of Science and Technology where she studied Medicine and Surgery. Her sister Immaculate Rutagumba says that the 27-year- old medic went for her medical internship at St Francis Nsambya Hospital before she was employed by International Hospital Kampala (IHK) two years ago. According to Immaculate, the deceased didn’t have any children. The late Agaba will be laid to rest at Kagonji village in Kashari in Mbarara District. For comments, call or text us on 0704142939.
