Isma Kagga, one of the survivors told URN at his home in Bagaala zone where he is nursing wounds that they were six when the septic tank collapsed but only two of them managed to get away. The other four men inside the septic when it caved in.
Septic tank that collapsed last eveing filled up with water. Police is still struggling to retrieve the bodies of the four men burried under the septic.
Four people
were buried on Monday evening in a septic tank they were constructing in Seeta
along Bukerere road in Ggoma Division Mukono District.
The
Septic tank, which is estimated to be 20 feet deep, collapsed shortly after the
builders started work following a heavy down pour that lasted for about six
hours.
Police teamed up with residents
and workers of SOGEA Satom limited, which is
laying pipes for the Katosi Water Project to try and retrieve the bodies of the
four men from the septic tank using excavators.
However, they were forced to
halt work when rain resumed making it difficult to drain the tank.
Joab
Wabwiire, the Mukono Division Police Commander told URN that they were doing
everything possible to retrieve the bodies of the four men.
Isma Kagga, one of
the survivors told URN at his home in Bagaala zone where he is nursing wounds
that they were six when the septic tank collapsed but only two of them managed
to get away.
The
other four men inside the septic when it caved in.
Those buried include the
site engineer, Michael Mukiibi, a one Kato and Ssempala. The identity of the
fourth victim wasn’t readily available.
“By the time we started working the septic was
full of water we managed remove it using a water pump. We continued with our
work caring little about the side walls that had got softened by water,”
Mukiibi said.
Our reporter observed
that part of the running water from
Kampala-Jinja highway and Bukerere road finds its way through the place where
the septic in being constructed to Kigugunga swamp.
The
septic belongs to Ronald Lwanga who funded its construction with intentions of connecting
it to the lavatory system of his storied building.
Godfrey Mugoberere, one of the residents who participated
in the rescue mission doubts whether the septic construction was approved by
the municipality.
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Peter Nsamba, another resident noted with
concern that many people disregard the technical advice to them, which leads to
such problems.
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The Mukono Municipal Mayor, George Fred Kagimu
told URN that the rescue effort was affected by lack of service lanes to the
site.
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The efforts to retrieve the bodies are scheduled to resume this morning.
