Police in Luwero have confirmed the arrest of a commercial sex worker after she allegedly stabbed her client to death following a disagreement over money.
Police have identified the suspect as Grace Namanya, 33, a commercial sex worker at Nankulabye trading center in Bamunanika sub-county, Luwero district.
According to Police, Namanya stabbed Moses Bakka, 45, a resident of the same village at around 10 pm on Sunday night.
The Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson Sam Twiineamazima confirmed the incident saying preliminary investigations indicate that Bakka went to Namanya’s house and offered her UGX 4000 instead of UGX 10,000 that she demanded.
Twiineamazima adds that the deceased resorted to force which resulted in a fight before Namanya picked a knife and stabbed him to death. Twiineamazima said that officers from Bamunanika Police Station rushed to the scene where they found Bakka’s lifeless body. The suspect had already fled the scene and was arrested from a hideout in Kikyusa town.
Eriab Ssemanda, the LC 1 Chairman of Nankulabye says that the deceased has left behind three children from his former marriage.
