JINJA: Before William Kato Kaziba’s funeral, a faction of Jinja district National Resistance Movement-NRM leaders wants relevant authorities to provide a definitive autopsy report revealing the death of their fallen acting chairperson, William Kato Kaziba.
On Tuesday night, Kato died of an unexplained ailment.
He fainted in his seat while watching the news at his house in Igombe village, Buwenge town council, Jinja district, and was brought to Jinja city’s Nile International Hospital, where he was declared dead.
Kato’s remains were rushed for postmortem procedures at Jinja regional referral hospital’s mortuary. However, undisclosed individuals are reported to have lured the relatives into halting the procedure.
While eulogising the deceased at his home on Friday, the Jinja district L.C.V chairperson, Moses Batwala, said that Kato died mysteriously and it is only prudent for his remains to be subjected to a comprehensive autopsy procedure as a means of allowing his soul to rest in eternal peace.
Batwala stresses that cases of mysterious and sudden deaths create doubt amongst close family members, friends, and communities, but if the deceased are subjected to autopsy procedures conducted by reputable government pathologists, there is a sense of relief amongst all concerned stakeholders.
Batwala argues that it is in the public’s interest to disclose the circumstances that led to Kato’s death, so as to end suspicion amongst the general public, most of whom are trading unfounded rumors, which, if not clarified, may foster baseless misunderstandings in the future.
Kato’s wife, Lydia Birungi, told journalists that she was asked to leave the mortuary on Wednesday morning, but health workers have committed themselves to releasing a detailed report containing all the necessary information surrounding her husband’s death.
Kato will be laid to rest at his ancestral home in Namagera town council, in Jinja district.