Ugandan authorities in the border district of Kabale have appealed to their counterparts in Rwanda to consider other punishments instead of shooting and killing Ugandans suspected of smuggling goods into their country.
The Kabale Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Darius Nandinda and the Kabale LCV chairperson Mr Patrick Besigye Keihwa made the call on Monday while receiving the body of Sidini Muhereza 35, a Ugandan businessman.
Mr Muhereza was last week shot dead at Hakako-Sebeya village in Rwerere parish Burera district in Rwanda about five kilometers away from the Uganda-Rwanda border line as he allegedly smuggled boxes of match boxes from Uganda into Rwanda.
Shooting and killing a Uganda because he/she has illegally entered your country is inhuman,"
The Mayor for Burera District in Rwanda, Ms Marie Chantel Uwanyirigira headed the Rwandan delegation that handed over the body to the relatives and Ugandan authorities at Katuna border post at around 2pm.
Muhereza is the fifth Ugandan businessman to be killed in Rwanda while allegedly smuggling goods into the same country since February last year.
