A two year old boy has drowned in a trench in Kampala in the heavy downpour on Tuesday 14th March, 2023. Police has identified the deceased as Bostiline Ainebyona, a resident of Bulabeera Najjera.

“Ainebyoona drowned during the rain. The child’s mother is working abroad. The caretaker, Asiimwe alleges that the deceased was playing with other children inside the house and she was washing clothes inside the house. She doesn’t know how the deceased sneaked outside and yet just at the doorsteps there is a trench, and it was flooded,” said the deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire.

The downpour in Kampala and surroundings begun as early as 7am and went on for about 7 more hours flooding city routes including Jinja road. Vehicles on sale that were parked by the road side outside the car bonds along Jinja road were also submerged in the floods.

“Properties worth millions of Shillings were destroyed due to water that entered people’s shops, houses and offices,” ASP Owoyesigyire added in a Tuesday evening statement.

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