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DEVELOPING: Lohana Academy perimeter wall collapses on street children, six bodies recovered so far

Alex Taremwa by Alex Taremwa
June 24, 2019
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The week has started on a tragic note at Lohana Academy Primary and High School along Namirembe Road, Old Kampala when a perimeter wall collapsed and trapped a yet to be known number of passersby.

According to the Police, six bodies of suspected street children have so far been recovered while two of them have been rushed to Mulago Hospital in a critical condition.

The accident, according to authorities at Lohana Academy happened at around 2am in the morning.

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“It happened at around 2am in the morning. It was the fence that collapsed. But we are okay and even our kids are,” the source from the school said in a telephone interview with Matooke Republic.

According to the school website, Lohana Academy schools started in 1995 with the Kololo branch before expanding to Old Kampala in 2009 where they also set up High School section in 2010 on the same campus at Old Kampala.

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