Residents of Hewasalsi village, in Bududa district, eastern Uganda did not know how to react to the mysterous discovery of the body of their LC 1 chairman Mzee Titus Muyonga some 25 days later after the December 3 landslides that killed more than 27 people.
Just days after the landslide site was declared a mass grave and the search for bodies halted, a relative of Mzee Muyonga yesterday, Friday approached the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) desk in Bududa which is offering psychosocial support to the victims, saying the late had appeared to him in a dream and told him exactly where his body is.
"His relative approached the Uganda Red Cross family tracing desk to register him as missing. However, another relative insisted that the late appears to him in a dream directing him where the body is. We offered psychosocial support to them. They picked a hoe and the exercise of digging the alleged area kicked off. The body was then discovered in the exact place." said Ibrahim Ssenyonya, the URCS operations manager - Bududa response.
Muyonga's body who was the chairman LC1 and also doubled as a community traditional healer was discovered at exactly this location 1°02'59.3"N 34°21'50.4"E just as the relative had claimed - about 300m away north of where the other 26 bodies were recovered by residents and rescue teams weeks back.
Bududa is prone to landslides and December tragedy left approximately 40 dead according to residents and local authorities.
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