Missing Bodaboda Cyclist Found Dead

By Micheal Atwakiire

Bushenyi: A Boda Boda cyclist in Bushenyi who went missing on Tuesday 23 July has been found dead. 

The deceased Felix Bakyenga was a cyclist at Ruharo stage and a resident of Kikuba, St. Kaggwa Bushenyi municipality.

According to fellow cyclists, Felix was last seen carrying a passenger to unknown place on Tuesday.   

His body was found in a farm of the late Col. Jet Tumwebaze in Kafunjo Cell, Bubaale Sub-County, Mbarara District on Thursday 25 July 2019.

According to the Rwizi regional police spokesperson Samson Kasasira, the body had signs of strangulation. He also added that his Bajaj motorcycle registration number UEW507T red in color was missing. 

The deceased was taken to Mbarara regional referral hospital for a postmortem.

According to Police, Over 150 cases of motorcycle theft were registered over the last one monthof June 2019.

Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga in a press briefing on Monday 15 July, said intelligence tips raided garages, motorcycle shops and spare parts outlets in Nateete, Katwe and Nalukolongo, in operations that led to the recovery of 45 motorcycles and the arrest of 13 suspects.

Enanga added that an additional 55 of the motorcycles under investigation had been dismantled into spare parts, with only number plates recoverable, 25 were found in frames while 25 others had only the engines remaining.

“Seven out of 13 suspects were residents of Kampala, two suspects from Mityana District were transferred to where these motocycles were stolen, two from Kireka in Wakiso District, three from Mukono District and one from Fort portal in Kabalore District.