Israeli man kills Ugandan wife after child's DNA comes back negative - police

Police in Mpigi District are holding an Israeli national, who reportedly killed his wife and hid her remains in a septic tank.

According to police, Waeed Taheed, a resident of Kalagala Village in Mpigi District and manager at Reynolds Construction Company Ltd (RCC) workshop in Kayabwe, in the same district, first reported a case of the disappearance of his wife Monica Nabukenya, 25, on July 16, 2023.

Mr Taheed reportedly suspected Nabukenya of infidelity which prompted him to take their 6-month-old child for a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test.

Israeli man kills Ugandan wife after child's DNA results turn negative – police

 “Taheed decided to take all the child for a DNA test and it so happened that the results turned negative,” a police statement reads in part.

When he returned home and after some confrontations, Police say he decided to kill his wife and dumped her body in a septic tank inside their compound and partially covered the corpse with soil.

“In the process of interrogation, the detectives at Kayabwe Police Station tasked Taheed to first lead them to his home and upon reaching, the decomposing body’s smell was felt and it was discovered in the pit. He later admitted to killing the wife because of the negative DNA test results,” the police statement adds.

Mr Richard Ddumba, the chairperson of Kalagala Village, Kayabwe Town Council, said the couple has been living a private life until recently when he received information that they had disagreed over the paternity of a six-month baby.

“What I know, is the couple had only one baby, when the man received information that the baby belonged to another man, he took the child for a DNA test which proved that he is not the real father,” he said.

Mr Ddumba said a distressed Taheed approached him four months ago saying he was pushing for a divorce.

It is alleged that Taheed filed a divorce case but the court was yet to pronounce itself on the matter when the murder happened.

“As he [Taheed] was pushing to secure divorce through court, I got shocked to learn that he had allegedly killed the wife already,” he said.

Taheed, according to Ddumba could have killed the wife either last Thursday or Friday.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story identified the man as Pakistani. We have since learnt that he is Israeli.