A former student of Makerere University Business School, Arthur Basalirwa, posted a screenshot from a WhatsApp chat, dedicated to a one ‘D” and it read;
“Hi D. You will always ask yourself if you had sent me a more meaningful text. These are your last words to me. Goodbye D.”
From
the screenshots of the WhatsApp chat he shared, Basalirwa seemed to
have undergone a rough breakup with his girlfriend. His friends say that
he was planning his marriage, after visiting his fiance’s parents at a
traditional Kukyala ceremony.
Hours before that, Basalirwa
posted to his Whatsapp a status note saying; “I am sorry but it’s too
late, I’m sorry, too much weighing on me I don’t wanna live to see
another day.”
However, these cries for help went unnoticed,
with only a simple ‘bambi’ as a comment from one of his friends, until
hours later when others learnt about his sudden death.
It is however not yet clear how Basalirwa ended his life, but friends have taken to Facebook to pay tribute to him.
Fathil
Ali Amutuhaire wrote, “R.I.P Arthur. It has taken me a while to believe
he is gone. I wish I had read this sign. I ain’t relenting. This ain’t
yielding. The grief, the shock… I’m not even sure if my words are making
sense… I saw myself in the slithering darkness, the lull of sleep, the
memes, how can you kill pain that is only felt? How can you fight
something you can’t see?”
Basalirwa’s friends have taken to Facebook to share photos from his burial while mourning his death.
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