By Weswa Ronnie
BUDAKA
There was shock in Budaka district on Sunday, 24th November, 2024 when a Bugwere high school student drowned in a rice garden found in a swamp.
The student has been identified as 22 year old Noah Kamba, a senior five student at Bugwere high school located in Budaka district.
Kamba is a resident of Wekamba Cell, Naboa Town Council in Budaka district.
According to Moses Kityo Mwanga, the Bukedi North police commander, the student had gone to plant rice at the swamp when heavy rains started leading to a flood that drowned him.
“Kamba drowned in the flood water because there was no one to help him,” says Kityo.
Kityo says the police retrieved the body which was then taken to Mbale referral hospital for postmortem.
