Two children of slain Mariam Nakirya,
photo altered for security reasons. (Morning Star News)
Morning Star News
A Muslim in eastern Uganda strangled his wife to death this month for leaving Islam, relatives and neighbors said.
Awali Kakaire, 34, early in the morning on May 8 killed Mariam Nakirya for embracing Christianity in Mbaale village, Imanyiro Sub-County, Mayuge District, the area residents told Morning Star News. She was 30.
Kakaire, who has fled the area, began to suspect his wife was a Christian a month prior, after the local imam questioned him as to why his wife and children had not been attending mosque prayers, nor his children attending the madrassa(Islamic school). Kakaire questioned his children about it, said one of his sons, whose name is undisclosed for security reasons.
“Our father questioned us why we have stopped attending the madrassa, but we told him that we were busy with school work as our mother had instructed us,” he told Morning Star News. “Our mother told our father that she has been busy instructing us on school homework. This made my father to cool down his tempers.”
As Kakaire frequently traveled to Malaba on business, sometimes for a month at a time, the rest of the family was often able to attend a nearby church on Sundays.
On May 8 Kakaire awoke at 6 a.m., and after his Islamic cleansing ritual woke his wife for her to join him in morning Islamic prayers, their son said.
“Our mother refused, and our father started strangling her as she cried for help,” he said.
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