Ashraf Nsubuga, a fourth year student of Makerere University on Sunday afternoon committed suicide inside his room at White House, an extension of Nsibirwa Hall at Makerere University.
Shortly before taking his life, friends to deceased say that on Sunday morning, Nsubuga visited the neighbourhood to borrow a slasher which he used to clear the bush around his room. After clearing the bush, he started cleaning the veranda before entering and closing himself in his room. “He first cleaned his room before committing suicide,” a friend to Nsubuga said.
Nsubuga, who is said to be 22 years old and a student in the university’s college of health sciences on government sponsorship was pursuing a Bachelor of Sceinces in Medical Radiology. Some of the deceased’s colleagues allege that Nsubuga was involved in online network marketing, where he lost close to Shs18 million to a ponzi scheme.
Another source close to Nsubuga said that the deceased visited City mortuary at Mulago Hospital on Friday to “see how bodies are laid down.” “It was a surprise when Nsubuga told me that he visited the mortuary to see bodies. I actually started fearing the situation he was in because he always told me how he is suffering inside his heart,” the friend narrated Nsubuga’s last hours on earth before he took his life on Sunday at around 12:14pm.
Nsubuga’s death brings the number of deaths in Nsibirwa hall to three in just two semesters. Last semester, a student from the School of Forestry committed suicide and another one drowned in the University swimming pool.
