Property
worth millions of shillings have been destroyed after a fire gutted a furniture
workshop at Kibibi Village, Mityana Municipality. The fire destroyed
chairs, beds, machines, and hand tool equipment among others.
The fire
broke out at Kibibi Garage, in Mityana District on Tuesday morning.
Swaib
Bakkabulindi, the proprietor of the furniture workshop attributed the cause of
the fire to land disputes surrounding the area.
According to
Bakkabulindi, this is the second time his workshop has been gutted by fire, the
first being in 2016. He explains the Tuesday fire destroyed property
worth Shillings 20 million compared to the Shillings 50 million he lost in
2016.
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Fred
Ssebanakitta, a resident described the incident as unfortunate and asked the
Police to swiftly investigate the incident.
The Wamala
Region Police Spokesperson, Rachel Kawala says that the police have started
investigations into the incident.
