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Police investigate sudden death of Nebbi Resident State Attorney
She knocked on the door several times with no response. She then went to a rear window, forced it open, and peeped inside, where she saw the deceased lying on the floor facing downward.
Nebbi: Nebbi District police have opened investigations into the sudden death of the Resident State Attorney of Nebbi District, Mr. Naguyo Emmanuel Bumbi.
He was a 40-year-old and residing are Riverview Cell, Central Ward, Central Division, Nebbi Municipality.
According to police, the incident occurred at an unknown time during the night between 18 and 19 October 2026 at his home in Riverview Cell, Nebbi Municipality.
West Nile Regional Police Spokesperson SSP Josephine Angucia said the incident was reported to police on Monday, 19 October 2026, at 10:20 a.m. by a servant at the DPP office in Nebbi District, who resides in Afere Cell, Forest Ward, Nebbi Municipality.
Angucia said that at around 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 19 October 2026, Obaru Jilda, an office servant at the DPP office in Nebbi, received clients who needed the services of the State Attorney. She called his phone number several times; the calls went through but no one answered.
Suspecting that something might have happened to him, Jilda took a boda boda motorcycle to the deceased’s home. She knocked on the door several times with no response. She then went to a rear window, forced it open, and peeped inside, where she saw the deceased lying on the floor facing downward.
She immediately rushed to Nebbi Police Station and reported the case of sudden death of Resident State Attorney Mr. Naguyo Emmanuel Bumbi.
Police promptly opened a case file of sudden death under Nebbi SD 30/19/10/2026 and subsequently Nebbi Death Enquiry File number 18/2026.
Officers visited, examined and documented the scene of crime, obtained a statement from the reporter, and conveyed the body to Nebbi General Hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.
They recovered some ordinary plates, including disposable plates found in the house, which are to be submitted to the Government Analytical Laboratory for analysis.
No arrests have been made yet.Inquiries continue to establish the exact cause of death.
Police have appealed to members of the public to remain calm as they vigorously investigate the matter.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) issued a press release on 19 October 2026 expressing deep sadness at the death of one of its State Attorneys, Mr. Emmanuel Naguyo.
The ODPP stated that his body was found by a colleague at his residence in Nebbi at about 10:00 a.m., following inquiries about his absence from work that Monday morning.
The office said the news had shocked the ODPP fraternity and extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family, relatives, friends and colleagues.
It noted that Mr. Emmanuel Naguyo had served as a State Attorney with the ODPP for three years and that his contribution to the institution and colleagues would be remembered with gratitude.
Further information on funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course.
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