Crime
Four children perish in house fire
The police are investigating the circumstances under which four children in the same household, died in a fire.
The incident happened today 26/05/2022 at Kawuku cell, Mulawa parish, Kira division, Kira Municipality in Wakiso district at the home of Ms Naigaga Annet a local businesswoman dealing in Roasted Maize and Yellow Bananas.
According to Luke Owoyesigyire the PRO KMP, it is alleged that Ms Naigaga left her home early in the morning to go and fetch water from a nearby well about 500 metres from her home.
She left thee four children Namulindwa Even 8, Kibuuka Isan 6, her children and her grandchildren Nansubuga Noreen 3, and Cynthia at home.
The children were left inside their old two-bedroom, semi-permanent house with their elder sister, 12-year-old Nakkasi Catherine who was preparing to go to school.
However, upon returning home from the well, she saw a lot of smoke coming from the house.
The four children were crying for help inside the house and the door was closed. She made an alarm and attempted to enter and rescue the children, but the fire was a lot.
Owoyesigyire says the Police at Kira Division has opened up inquiries into the incident and preliminary investigations indicate that there was a fueled motorcycle inside the house, which may have facilitated the big fire.
It is also suspected that Nakasi Catherine who is the eldest child could have left the candle burning inside the house before she left for school.
The four bodies have been conveyed to the city mortuary Mulago.
May the souls of these children rest in eternal peace.
