The incident occurred on Thursday in Nesitu in Jubek County in the Central Equatorial State about 120 kilometres to Nimule border along the Juba-Nimule Highway.
Arnold Kigongo, a resident of Kiwuka zone- Kasokoso in Kira Municipality Wakiso District, was playing with his friends during the rain on Tuesday and a jerry can fell in a trench, he tried to remove it, but the water overpowered Kigongo and swept him away.