Rosie Kabise, mother of fallen lawyer Bob Kasango has been dragged to Court for allegedly interfering in the burial arrangement of her deceased son.
Kabise is being sued by Nice Bitarabeho Kasango, the widow of through her lawyers of Mujurizi, Arinaitwe and Byamukama Advocates.
Bitarabeho in the suit wants the Family Division of High Court to issue orders restraining her mother in law from interfering with the burial of Kasango in Gweri village, Burahya County, Fort portal City in Kabarole District.
According to the widow, Uganda Prison Services released the deceased’s body to her as next of kin, a day after he died on February 27th 2021 due to heart-related complications.
Bitarabeho narrates that she immediately started burial arrangements in Fort portal where they acquired land as husbands and wife and built a home. Adding that together with their three children Samora Kasango, Stephanie Kasango and Ivan Kasango, they all along knew that the deceased wanted to be buried in Fort portal.
She further notes that they organised a vigil in Luzira ahead of the burial but the deceased’s mother Kabise opposed the decision, saying it should be moved to her home in Tororo district.
The two families convened a meeting with all concerned relatives including Kasango's mother, where they resolved to bury the deceased in Fort portal.
However, things changed when they took the deceased’s body to All Saints Cathedral Nakasero for a requiem service and it was grabbed by Kasango's mother and his relatives who tried to forcefully transport it to Tororo without their consent.
Court records indicate that the body has spent the last 15 days at A plus funeral home under tight police guard. Bitarabeho says that it is only fair and equitable for the authorities to release the body to her for burial.
The case has since been reallocated to Justice Lydia Mugambe who is yet to fix the hearing date.
