The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that preliminary findings indicate the accident resulted from illegal power connections within the area.
Three people
from the same family have been electrocuted in Nsangi town council in Wakiso
district.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has
identified the victims as Asiimwe Babirye 35 year old, her 5year-old son
Jeremiah Sekalenzi, 5year-old and a 24-year-old sister only identified as Anet.
They are all residents of Kasenge Trading Centre.
It is reported that the incident happened when Anet was hanging
clothes on one of the wires that had a link to power and she was
electrocuted. Her elder sister Asiimwe tried to save her but also got electrocuted
in the process.
Her hands remained in contact with the live wire and she made an alarm,
attracting her five-year-old child, Sekalenzi, who came to help the mother, and
he was electrocuted when he touched his mother.
The Kampala
Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that preliminary findings
indicate the accident resulted from illegal power connections within the area. He
explains that the house where the family was renting had no power, and they had
reportedly tapped power from the neighborhood.
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He said the area Police are working together with UmemeLimited, Uganda's
main electricity distribution company to conduct operations in Nsangi areas to
arrest all people that have illegal connections in the area and enlighten
masses on the risk factors resulting from illegal power connections.
Mugisha James
Freelancer