By Kyamanduma Patrick,
A senior three student of Mubuku Valley Secondary in Kasese district is reported to have drowned and died in the KCCL hydropower water channel in Kasese.
No official comment yet from police and the school administration but Hon. Simon Thembo, the youth councilor for Mubuku town council confirmed the incident, identifying the deceased as Michael Bwambale, a student who hailed from Bugoye subcounty but resided in Kifumbira cell in Mubuku town council, near his school.
According to Hon. Simon, the children fetching firewood were the whistle blowers who tipped their parents, local leaders and later the KCCL administration for intervention to retrieve the body from the water channel. Hon. Simon speaking1…….
He asked the leadership of KCCL to consider re-fencing off the water channel with a barbed wire like before, adding that the current live fence along the channel easily misguides visitors who may not have enough information about the watercourse. Hon. Simon speaking2…..
May the soul of the deceased rest in peace. END