A Romanian National dies of Malaria in Jinja

By Ben Musanje

08^th February 2023

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Romanian citizen, Ecobel Iliu at a community hospital in Jinja City Northern Division.

Ecobel is reported to have breathed his last at Soft power community hospital in Budondo ward in Jinja city.

A health worker at Soft power hospital who spoke on condition of anonymity says that Ecobel succumbed to severe malaria on Tuesday evening. She, however, says that their attempts to conduct an autopsy were frustrated by community members, who forcefully evacuated the deceased’s body from the mortuary.

Ecobel is reported to have jetted into Uganda as a tourist and settled at the Bujjagali-based Nile River camp in late 2018. He later decided to settle within the Budondo community where he introduced himself as Jacob, and adapted to the native lifestyle prompting natives to nickname him, “Jacob Musoga,”.

Charles Twinemukama, the officer in charge of Budondo police station has blamed mourners for their reluctance in notifying the police about the matter and has directed them to hand over the deceased to the Jinja regional referral hospital mortuary for postmortem.