It is confirmed that the former Major General died at Namuwongo this morning after he was hit on the head with a metal bar by his girl friend Lydia Draru.

The girl friend has been arrested and she is in the custody of Criminal Investigations Dept (CID) for questioning. Mourners are making their way to Namuwongo to comfort other family members.

The Maj. General's body has a deep cut on the head. Lydia Atim has already been taken to court and while there she demanded for a Lugbara interpreter as she claimed not to know English.

Phoebe Kazini with whom they have five children at the scene where her husband met his death. The former Major General was in civilian clothes at the time of his death. His body lay in the pool of blood. He was driving a white land cruiser with Sudanese registration plates which was parked outside Lydia Atim's house.

A tentative programme has been released by the Acting chairperson of the army General Court Martial, Brigadier Stephen Kashaka who said a requiem service will be held at All Saints Church in Nakasero on Thursday morning and there thereafter burial will take place on Friday at Shanga in Kiruhura District.

Maj. Gen. James Kazini survived by 5 children, of which 4 are girls and the other a boy with two wives. Lydia Atim Draru is not part of the the two wives though.