Wife Allegedly Kills Two-year-old Son Amid DNA Scandal

Fresh details have emerged implicating Mutesi Joline, wife of Zimbabwe’s Consular General to Uganda, in the alleged murder of her two-year-old son, Nganwa Rugari, in what investigators believe may be a desperate attempt to conceal the child’s paternity.

The child reportedly died under suspicious circumstances on the night of April 1, 2025, at their residence in Mutungo Zone 8, Kampala. While Mutesi initially claimed the boy fell from a first-floor window, police say this version of events doesn’t align with medical and physical evidence.

The tragic incident occurred just days before the child was due to undergo a court-mandated DNA test alongside his younger sister part of a bitter divorce battle between Mutesi and her estranged husband, Chris Rugari, who had accused her of infidelity and questioned the paternity of at least three of their five children.

Sources close to the family allege that Mutesi was aware the child might not be biologically related to her husband and may have seen the DNA test as a threat to her reputation and legal standing in the divorce.

“She knew the results could expose everything,” a relative familiar with the case revealed. “The timing of the child’s death was more than just a coincidence.”

According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police, Mutesi contacted emergency services around 10:00 p.m., stating the boy had fallen. 

However, a medical assessment at Kitintale Hospital found the child conscious and stable, with no external injuries. Painkillers were administered, and a CT scan was recommended. However, the boy was not admitted.

Shockingly, at 5:00 a.m. the next morning, Mutesi returned to the hospital—this time with Nganwa’s lifeless body. He was declared dead on arrival.

Even more disturbing, family members say Mutesi immediately began making frantic calls to relatives urging them to remove the child’s body and proceed with burial arrangements well before any police involvement.

“She was too focused on the funeral, too fast,” one relative said. “It was like she didn’t want anyone to ask what really happened.”

Police, upon visiting the scene, found no signs consistent with a fall. The window was locked and intact, with no visible damage. 

A post-mortem revealed no physical injuries on the child, contradicting Mutesi’s claim of a fall.

Faced with these discrepancies, investigators believe the child may have been intentionally killed to prevent the DNA test from going forward. Mutesi has since been detained as part of the ongoing murder investigation.

Her husband, Chris Rugari, dismissed counter-narratives from her allies as fabrications, including claims that he encouraged her to bear children by other men. 

“Those spreading such stories need a sobriety test,” he said, confirming that DNA tests have already shown two of his older children were not biologically his.

As the investigation deepens, authorities are now treating Nganwa’s death not as an accident but as a potential cover-up in a scandal fueled by infidelity, deception, and fear of exposure.