In Buikwe District, Uganda, a mobile money agent named Kifumba Mutebi, aged 30, was killed by robbers on Saturday, April 26, 2025, around 9pm.
The incident took place at Ngogwe Trading Centre. Kifumba was heading home after closing his mobile money shop. He took a motorcycle taxi, known as a bodaboda, and got off near his home in Kibali Village.
As he walked a short distance, robbers armed with a gun and machetes attacked him. They demanded money. Kifumba tried to fight back, but the robbers cut his hand and shot him in the chest.
The robbers stole a bag of money and Kifumba’s phone before escaping. The amount of money taken is unknown.
Local people rushed Kifumba to Nkokonjeru Hospital, but doctors said he could not be saved.
The robbers have not been identified.