Landslide kills 12 people in Ugandan capital

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Landslide kills 12 people in Ugandan capital


Rescuers are digging through a mountain of rubbish, searching for more bodies, after the collapse of a landfill site in Uganda’s capital. At least 12 people have died after homes were engulfed by the vast garbage dump following heavy rain.

Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports.

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@RonaldMutebo

Landfills are supposed to out in the wilderness. Not near the city.

@masikaibrahim5813

@Aljazeera,
Try to do more investigations, it's more than 300 people covered by this landfill and also the cause will astonish you.!!!

@graemeyetts3465

This was unreported, to my knowledge, in the UK.😢

@graemeyetts3465

Terrible news.Bless the good people of Uganda 🇺🇬

@azlanshah3125

Sorry to see the Ugandan people are saferiang and being killed what is the leader doing and the minister please don't waste your time in the office having coffee disappointed men the minister having very good pay for nothing subannallh from Malaysia uncle azlan Shah umat Allah alamdullila

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@wizzynation799

very sad news here in Uganda

@sserugoronnie9629

There was only one excavator to rescue people at first but people were down in garbage on phone calls seeking for help and others were yelling, knocking the walls down there but having one excavator for that incident imagine..

@jamesliston5693

My condolences to the families and Ugandan people

@DCEC-e3i

By now we have a rotten government here we are

@muwayahamza4839

😢😢😢😢😢 u look at the rulers and u wonder. Kasasiro killing people 😢😢😢😢

@carlaluis5175

It happened some years back here in Mozambique. It killed people 😢

@saphiranahabwe4527

So sad. As a Ugandan, it's a sad site to see😢

@JohnSmlth-ej3vv

Oh well;

at least they have self-rule.

😉

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@mukigawoman

As an Ugandan, this broke me so much.

Gabbage slide not landslide

@multiverse-UFO

The result of too busy finding out gays.
Don't even have the time to fix their own landfill problem 😂 Karma.

@EzraRic-t1g

People who died were about 30 people

@bossbabysyda7714

Please don't come at me but I will blame the government n the people here, the location was wrong n the government or KCCA dumping trash near people, now guys remember the ones they are chasing in nema places babatasa bino,

@ssekitomichael3502

Please this was garbage not landslide. This is poor minds of government officials in uganda making a mountain of garbage near the houses of the people imagine .

@TheAanswer

may Allah forgive all believers who lost lives

@edinasiaa2680

Not land slide but gabage 40yrs in power and no recycling machines

@Henryloveschina

How can you guys say 12 people? There were 100+ homes which are missing

It's not landslides please it garbage hips

The number is now 21 who are dead not 12

@athletelife5543

7 must resign with all his poor planning government.

@heidi9547

💗🙏🏽💗

@mahadkasozi1104

Dictator Museveni is the problem in uganda imagine in capital city

@mahadkasozi1104

Dictator Museveni is the problem in uganda imagine in capital city

@faroukmusisi5262

In uganda we are ruled by thieves and corrupt leaders,

@stellahseeranabs6102

It's really a shame that 😢we lost our people due to garbage slides it's a shame 😢😢😢trust me 😭😭… Our Government we are really ashamed.

@lubega001

As a Ugandan in kampala and this garbage business I'm saddened by the loss of innocent lives, children and women. This is the problem with leaders who doesn't care about the citizens. Very corrupt to the core . For sure our country is in dangerous hands.

@AdiamGebremedhin

😢😢😢 very sad. R. I. P

Oh my God. My heartfelt condolences to all those who lost their loved ones in this unfortunate tragedy. Watching from Cameroon.

😭😭😭😭

@Martin-iv6lq

Maybe if all you can afford is to live in a garbage dump maybe stop having kids??

@MrSemujju

There more than that number

@morat795

Fertile land, abundant natural resources, beautiful weather, Great Lakes & rivers but Uganda has hyenas as a government.

@kaweremartin4326

So far now they are 21 people who have lost lives 😢

@AkashKalathil-bi2im

Gai😢😢😢

@angelladesire3091

Rubbish slide 😂not land slide😂

@ronmax4339

This was not a landslide,it was kasasiroslide

@megganaki

It's not only 12 there are many people still trapped under there, you are miss reporting 😢😢

@ahmad4504

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@mukisamargie

But uganda has millions of guns with one excavators

@mukisamargie

Ugandans are suffering because of banyarwanda museveni who has no love,care and plan for the country

@jimmyochieng9179

The headline😂😂