KYAMBOGO. Kyambogo University fraternity is mourning the death of Juma Bbumba , a first-year student who was allegedly set ablaze in his rented room in Bweyogerere, Wakiso District .
This sad news comes hardly a month after another student was found dead in his hostel room.
According to a statement issued by Ms Bridget Mugume, the University’s Dean of Students, Bbumba passed away on Saturday morning at Kiruddu Hospital where he had been rushed for treatment after the attack.
“We hereby inform you of the passing on of Juma Bbumba, registration number 25/U/PLE/08178PE, a first year, second semester student in the Bachelor of Procurement and Logistics Management attached to Nanziri Hall,” Ms Mugume said in a statement addressed to top management.
Ms Mugume said the university covered the expenses of embalming, transportation of the body and burial in accordance with the established Student Burial Policy. She revealed that the deceased will be laid to rest today, Sunday June 7, in Kamonkoli Village, Budaka District in Eastern Uganda.
However, university management said no delegation from Kyambogo will attend the burial in accordance with Ebola Prevention guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health that bar gatherings and large crowds to minimise the risk of Ebola transmission. The country is currently grappling with the Ebola Bundibugyo strain.
“Let us lift the family in prayer in this trying moment,” Ms Mugume said.
Bbumba’s death occurred barely a month after Brighton Kamugisha, a third-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Textiles and Apparel Design, was found dead in his hostel room on May 14, 2026. A post-mortem examination by police linked his death to Hypertrophic Heart Disease.
This tragic loss also followed the March incident in which Anita Scovia Cherotich, another student, perished in a fatal boda-boda crash in Bweyogerere town.
Records indicate that several tragic cases of Ugandan university students passing away in university halls and off-campus hostels have been documented, with investigations citing underlying medical conditions, electrocution, tragic accidents, and in some cases, mental health struggles or violence.