{"id":8918,"date":"2025-11-24T02:13:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=8918"},"modified":"2025-11-24T02:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:13:05","slug":"prominent-kabale-businessman-found-dead-in-eucalyptus-plantation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/prominent-kabale-businessman-found-dead-in-eucalyptus-plantation\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Kabale Businessman Found Dead in Eucalyptus Plantation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KABALE, UGANDA<\/strong> \u2013 Police in Kabale district have launched a full-scale investigation into the tragic death of a prominent businessman, whose body was discovered in a eucalyptus plantation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deceased has been identified as Geoffrey Rutambira, a resident of Kakooko village, Bukoora parish, Kitumba sub-county, Kabale district whose body 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