UCU Final Year Student Asiimwe Loritah Dies in Fido Dido Building Collapse

Final year student of Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mukono, Asiimwe Loritah succumbed to injuries after the Fido Dido building collapsed on Monday afternoon.

According to reports, Asiimwe was having lunch time prayers at House of Rest church located on the second floor of the Fido Dido building before it caved in.

Asiimwe is the only victim that has died while 18 others sustained injuries after the ceiling of the building housing Fido Dido ice cream outlet along Kampala road collapsed.

“The findings are that after the caving in of the ceiling, different groups of people started taking the victims to Mulago and other health facilities in Kampala. At Mulago, we have confirmed 18 victims who were injured as a result of the collapse.  Our detectives are still moving around different hospitals to ascertain the real number of the injured during the incident,” said Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire.