Godfrey Okobo, an Officer from the Police Fire and Rescue Department, says 3 of those rescued from the rubble were taken to Mulago Hospital for medical attention. Okobo, who is commanding the rescue operation, says they suspect 10 more people are still trapped under the building, adding that they are doing everything possible to rescue them.
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A bulldozer digs through the rubble
Three people have been rescued
alive from a building that collapsed on Saturday evening at Kiwempe Zone in Kansanga
in Makindye Division in Kampala. One of those rescued has been identified as
Alex Kabanda, according to the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson,
Luke Owoyesigire.
Godfrey Okobo, an
Officer from the Police Fire and Rescue Department, says those rescued
from the rubble were taken to Mulago Hospital for medical attention. Okobo, who
is commanding the rescue operation, says they suspect 10 more people are still
trapped under the building, adding that they are doing everything possible to rescue
them.
The Makindye Division
Mayor, Ali Mulyanyama, says KCCA has suspended the construction of the building which had reached the fourth floor,
because of shoddy work but the owner took advantage of the Covid-19 lock down
to proceed with the works.
He told URN that no
suspect has been arrested in connection with defying the suspension of the
construction. "No one has been
arrested so far. What is being done now is to rescue the lives of people first
as police carries out its investigation," said Mulanyama.
A team of officers
from the Police Fire and Rescue Services are already at the scene trying to retrieve
those still stuck in the rubble. The officers have teamed up with the National Building Review Board and KCCA to ascertain what really caused the building to
collapse.
