Dorothy Kisaka, David Luyimbazi, and Daniel Okello are likely to spend at least Monday night in police cells as the stench of Kiteezi landfill garbage hits them harder.
The stench this time is what the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) will lay on the table of the interrogation room in Kibuli on Monday for former Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Kisaka and her deputy Luyimbazi, as well as ex director of public health Okello to explain.
The investigation is on the orders of President Museveni, who, in his dismissal of the trio from office last month, ordered CID and other crime management agencies to “thoroughly investigate the matter further, focusing on the angle of criminal negligence associated with this distressing event.”
Thirty-two people were killed and scores injured when tonnes of garbage collapsed and buried several homes in Lusanja, Kitetika, and Kiteezi villages on August 11.
In the wake of the tragedy, officials traded blames, with Ms. Kisaka taking the flak for apparently ignoring dire reports that the landfill posed imminent danger to people living in the vicinity.
During the search and recovery of bodies from the stench-filled rubble, police found the remains of toddlers, children, and women.
