{"id":43848,"date":"2023-01-25T17:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/butaleja-native-doctor-commits-suicide-after-wife-marries-new-man"},"modified":"2023-01-25T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T20:00:47","slug":"butaleja-native-doctor-commits-suicide-after-wife-marries-new-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/butaleja-native-doctor-commits-suicide-after-wife-marries-new-man","title":{"rendered":"Butaleja native doctor commits suicide after wife marries new man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A native doctor in Butaleja District has reportedly committed suicide after his wife married another man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe territorial police in Butaleja are investigating circumstances under which a one Joseph Mwigo committed suicide as was allegedly reported by Ahmed Kambo Umoja,\u201d Bukedi regional police spokesperson Moses Mugwe said on<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary police investigations suggest that the deceased 38-yer-old man, having had domestic problems with his wife, drowned himself in the fishpond of Ahmed Kambo Umoja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is noted that the wife having gotten married to one of the residents in the neighboring communities prompted the deceased to first take poison. He was admitted at Busolwe Hospital on December 27, 2022 from where he recovered before he was discharged.<\/p>\n<p>Police told journalists that Mwigo who also became visually impaired over a year ago had been threatening to commit suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter recovering from self-poisoning, he decided to drown himself in the fish pond,\u201d Mugwe noted.<\/p>\n<p>Mwigo was a resident of Nandahabi Cell, Busolwe central ward in Busolwe Town council, Butaleja District.<\/p>\n<p>A neighbor who requested not to be named in the story, said: \u201cThe spiritual leader was much depressed when his wife found another man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remains of the deceased were retrieved from the pond on January 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appeal to our people never to despair in life but share challenges they go through with relatives, stakeholders and police for assistance -especially- psychosocial services that can restore hope than resorting to suicide,\u201d Mugwe remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Mwigo\u2019s body was later on Tuesday conveyed to Mbale City mortuary for post-mortem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. A native doctor in Butaleja District has reportedly committed suicide after his wife married another man. \u201cThe territorial police in Butaleja are investigating circumstances under which a one Joseph Mwigo committed suicide as was allegedly reported by Ahmed Kambo Umoja,\u201d Bukedi regional police spokesperson Moses Mugwe said on Preliminary police investigations suggest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-43848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Butaleja native doctor commits suicide after wife marries new man - 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