Pader, Uganda – The community members of Lalem village, Pungole parish in Angagura Sub County are mourning the passing of an 8-year-old boy who drowned in murram pit waterlogged area on 21st of November 2023 at around 10 am.
The deceased had been identified as Aluma Isaac, 8, a primary two pupil of Ogom primary school and a resident of Lalem village, Pungole parish in Angagura Sub County.
Mr Stephen Okello Freddy, the Angagura sub county chairperson III confirmed the tragedy saying that the entire population are grieving due to the death of the child who was reported to have left school after finishing his morning examination.
It’s alleged that the deceased and his colleagues went to nearby stagnant water that logged due to a pit left after murram excavation by the China Railway Group 5 while they were constructing the Gulu-Kitgum highway.
Okello says that the water has so far killed three people including the 8-year-old child. According to him, the locals have demanded that Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and the China Railway Group 5 (CREG 5) fill the pit created after murram excavation to avoid such avoidable incidents, but to date, they have not shown up.
He further threatens to sue the entities saying that they are responsible for the avoidable deaths that are taking lives of innocent souls.
