Twelve-year-old pupil electrocuted by exposed power line in Nansana

What the report says

Residents of Katooke A Village in Nabweru Division, Nansana Municipality, are demanding action after a 12-year-old pupil died in an electrocution incident involving an exposed electricity wire. The Nile Post reported that the boy, identified as Aron Katimbo Muzeeyi, was a Primary Two learner at Glorious Primary School and was said to have been walking home for lunch on Wednesday when he slipped and fell onto a live wire lying on the ground.

According to the report, the child was pronounced dead at the scene. Police in Nansana responded and took the body to a mortuary for a postmortem before release to the family. The family also appealed for financial help to retrieve the body and transport it to Kalungu District for burial.

Residents and local leaders blamed the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) for not fixing damaged lines despite repeated complaints. Local council leader Moses Gitta and other community figures said exposed wires had long posed a danger in the area and urged only authorised utility workers to handle repairs. The report said attempts to obtain comment from UEDCL were unsuccessful by publication time.

The incident has renewed concern about the safety of electricity infrastructure in the area. It also comes after the government transferred electricity distribution operations from Umeme to UEDCL, a handover that has raised expectations for better maintenance and faster fault response, according to the report.