By THE INDEPENDENT UG
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Betty Cherotic, the widow of the late Masindi District Health Officer, Dr. Jino Abiriga, has reportedly admitted to orchestrating the killing of her husband due to personal reasons, including jealousy.
Cherotic, who has been in police custody for a week, disclosed that one of the motives behind hiring hitmen was the constant ridicule she faced from her husband for not being as sexually knowledgeable as another woman.
Initially targeting Susan Atuhura, a woman Abiriga was reportedly involved with and compared to Cherotic, the murder plan shifted when attempts to harm Atuhura failed. Cherotic is quoted by detectives, saying, “I first wanted to kill Susan Atuhura because she is the woman he was dating and compared her to me. We failed to kill the woman through arson and we also missed killing her at a place she frequented. We then turned the mission to my husband.”
Martin Kipsang, hired for 2.5 million Shillings to kill Atuhura, was later tasked by Cherotic to target her husband, leading to the involvement of Joshua Namureng. Kipsang explained, “Susan first left the door open for us to enter and kill her husband, but our first attempt did not succeed as the man heard us walking outside. He woke up to tighten the door and windows, and he noticed the door was opened and he firmly closed it.”
On January 6, Cherotic allegedly facilitated the entry of the hitmen, who attacked Abiriga while he was asleep, using a hoe handle. Kipsang stated, “We cleaned the house and put his blood-soaked night suit in a bag. We dressed him (his body) in a red T-shirt and blue trousers. We carried the body on the stretcher and placed it outside in the neighbor’s compound.”
Detectives uncovered that Atuhura, identified as Dr. Abiriga’s alleged lover, had survived two previous attempts on her life orchestrated by Cherotic. All three—Cherotic, Kipsang, and Namureng—admitted their involvement in the murder. Cherotic accused Dr. Abiriga of causing the death of their first child and blamed him for a previous miscarriage of twins.
In collaboration with the Flying Squad Unit, the police arrested Kipsang and Namureng in Bukwo district. The investigation has led to the recovery of the victim’s blood-stained clothes, dumped in a pit latrine at the guesthouse, along with the small bag containing the deceased’s ID.
“Cherotic accuses her husband of causing the death of their first child and the miscarriage of their twins. She has also told us that the killers spent the night at Valentines Guest house before she opened for them the house to kill her husband,” explained police spokesperson Fred Enanga.
Cherotic and Dr. Abiriga had a nine-month-old baby, having previously lost their first child, and the woman had experienced a miscarriage with twins.
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