Two killed in Kampala floods
Sep 15, 2011
A man and a woman died yesterday after their motorcycle was swept away by floods during an afternoon downpour in Kampala.
By Steven Candia
A man and a woman died yesterday after their motorcycle was swept away by floods during an afternoon downpour in Kampala.
The Police yesterday said the victims, a bodaboda operator and a client, were riding in the rain on the Katwe-Kalitunsi road when the motorcycle was suddenly swept away.
The Police chief fire officer, Simon Peter Musoke, said the incident occurred shortly before 2:00pm.
It happened after the rider, while trying to avoid a flooded section of the road, accidentally veered into a water channel that flows into the main Nakivubo Channel.
“He was looking for a shallow area on the flooded road, but one of the tyres entered the channel and they were washed under a culvert. They died instantly,†Musoke said.
He added that the bodies were retrieved by the Police and taken to the city mortuary.
The operation to retrieve the bodies drew hundreds of curious onlookers.
Kampala deputy Police spokesperson Ibin Ssenkunbi identified the woman as Brenda Owomuntu, a cashier at Barclays Bank, Katwe branch.
A man and a woman died yesterday after their motorcycle was swept away by floods during an afternoon downpour in Kampala.
The Police yesterday said the victims, a bodaboda operator and a client, were riding in the rain on the Katwe-Kalitunsi road when the motorcycle was suddenly swept away.
The Police chief fire officer, Simon Peter Musoke, said the incident occurred shortly before 2:00pm.
It happened after the rider, while trying to avoid a flooded section of the road, accidentally veered into a water channel that flows into the main Nakivubo Channel.
“He was looking for a shallow area on the flooded road, but one of the tyres entered the channel and they were washed under a culvert. They died instantly,†Musoke said.
He added that the bodies were retrieved by the Police and taken to the city mortuary.
The operation to retrieve the bodies drew hundreds of curious onlookers.
Kampala deputy Police spokesperson Ibin Ssenkunbi identified the woman as Brenda Owomuntu, a cashier at Barclays Bank, Katwe branch.