Retired teacher who allegedly murdered wife in Wakiso arrested in Isingiro
Ainomugisha Aaron
Rwizi police have today arrested a retired teacher,Samanya Simon,40,the key suspect in the murder of her wife Viola Kakai, a midwife at International Hospital Kampala (IHK),in Kitezi Kasangati Wakiso early this month.
Rwizi region police spokesperson Samson Kasasira has confirmed that Simon’s arrest was intelligence-led and he was arrested in Isingiro where he has been hiding and taken to Kampala for prosecution.
Background.
Viola was killed on Saturday night, August 1, 2020 and her 3 children witnessed her being hacked with an axe.
It is alleged that Kakai was dropped from her workplace by a friend, but on hearing the sound of the car engine, her husband, Simon who, it is said, often quarreled whenever she returned home, came out and ‘stoned the vehicle’, forcing the unknown colleague to speed off.
Simon suspected the driver of the car to be in a relationship with his wife.