The sad thing is that KCC had issued orders for this church not to be built due to architectural shortcomings. But, the micromanagement of the president's office overruled KCC professionals and thus endangered the public leadint to this wanton loss of limb and life.
Uganda Church Collapse Kills 27
KAMPALA, Uganda, March 8, 2006
![]() Rescuers and ci
vilians
try to lift the rubble in the ruins of a church, Wednesday, March 8, 2006 after the roof collapsed during a service in Kampala, Uganda. (AP)![]()
"It was completely chaotic. Everyone was trying to get out; people were yelling and shouting; people were trying to carry out the injured."
Fire and rescue chief Joseph Mugisa
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(AP) A brick wall at a partly constructed church collapsed onto the congregation at a Wednesday evening service during a rain storm in the Ugandan capital, killing at least 27 people, police and rescue officials said.
At least 20 injured people were reported hospitalized. There was no firm figure on how many others were hurt
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The Protestant evangelical church in a Kampala slum was under construction, and parishioners had set up a wooden and tin shack within the unfinished structure, where they were conducting their service, regional police Commander Grace Puryagumanawe said.
The police and the fire and rescue service said they were almost certain that all the dead and injured were removed from the debris.
Fire and rescue chief Joseph Mugisa said the wall collapsed during a thunderstorm with high winds and heavy rains. He said 27 people were killed.
"It was completely chaotic. Everyone was trying to get out; people were yelling and shouting; people were trying to carry out the injured," Mugisa said, describing his arrival at the scene.
There is no electric power in the slum, and witnesses who first came out of the slum said rescuers had burned plastic chairs to provide light for those digging through the wreckage. They said that after the chairs had all been
burned
rescuers had to give up the search until dawn.
But authorities believed no one was left in the rubble.
Police commander Puryagumanawe said, "We're going to investigate the poor build standards. We have already collected samples of the materials used."
| Survivors tell story |
| Friday, 10th March, 2006 |
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| Ebyama bizuuse ku kkanisa eyasse abantu |
![]() Omusumba nnannyini kkanisa. |
| Bya Herbert Lumansi
MEEYA wa Kampala Ssebaana Kizito asaasidde abenganda zabaafiiridde mu kkanisa yoku Kaleerwe, nagamba nti KCC yagigaana okuzimbibwa olwobutaba ku pulaani, kyokka ofiisi ya Pulezidenti newaga bannannyiniyo ne bagizimba ku kifuba.
Kkanisa eno tebadde ku pulaani. Twagimenyawo nga baakagitandika, kyokka bann
anyiniyo
ne bagenda ewa RDC atwala Kawempe, Kigozi Kaweesa nabatwala ewa Pulezidenti gye baava nebbaluwa etugaana okubagambako, bwe yategeezezza.
Bino yabyogeredde ku Kaleerwe ku kkanisa ya City of the Lord Church eyagudde mu nkuba ku Lwokusatu akawungeezi netta abantu abasoba mu 24 nokulumya abalala. Ssebaana yalambudde nabali ku bitanda e Mulago, nlabula Bannaka-mpala obutazimba bizimbe bitakkiriziddwa KCC oba okuyingira ebitannaggwa.
Yawerekeddwako owebyobulamu mu KCC, Francis Lubowa navunanyizibwa ku kutegeka ekibuga, Charles Kyamanywa.
Akulira okulambula ebizimbe mu Kawempe, John Ndirambahizi yaweereza ekkanisa eno ebbaluwa nga August 12, 2004 ebayimiriza okuzimba nga tebalina pulaani, kyokka ne bagaana. Published on: Friday, 10th March, 2006 |
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