According to the Ugandan police, 21 remains have been found under the debris at the Kiteezi Landfill thus far.
While rescue operations involving many security agencies are still in progress, Kampala’s lone landfill site saw a tragic collapse that left a growing number of victims, according to police.
After weeks of nonstop rain, a vast mound of trash gave way, burying and destroying over 12 dwellings on the site’s fringes while some people slept. This awful event happened early on Saturday morning.
Nine females, four kids, and twelve males make up the verified 21 fatalities to date, according to police spokesman Rusoke Kituuma’s Monday statement. Of these, 17 are confirmed adults.
He adds that seven bodies are still unclaimed while 14 have had claims made by the deceased’s relatives.
Even though the specifics of the incident are yet unknown, the Kampala City Authority stated that the landslide was caused by a “structural failure in waste mass”.
Minsa Kabanda, the Minister for Kampala, expressed regret for the tragedy and said that due to financial difficulties, it had been ignored for a number of years.
Torretial rains and excessive garbage accumulation were the causes of the landslide, according to KCCA deputy ED David Luyimbazi.
According to him, the KCCA recently purchased an additional four acres of property near the Kiteezi location, where they have been disposing of rubbish.
“The challenge we have had is the build up of the hills of garbage reached unsustainable levels and when it rained, people that were very close to the landfill were affected by the landslide”
Each fiscal year, the KCCA expends 4.1 billion shillings on equipment maintenance and hire, which includes steel wheels, bulldozers, excavators, and labor at the landfill.
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