{"id":39158,"date":"2022-10-23T21:16:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T21:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-soldier-drowns-in-army-college-swimming-pool"},"modified":"2022-10-23T21:23:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T21:23:17","slug":"updf-soldier-drowns-in-army-college-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-soldier-drowns-in-army-college-swimming-pool","title":{"rendered":"UPDF soldier drowns in army college swimming pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A Uganda Peoples\u2019 Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier on Saturday drowned in a swimming pool at the National Defence College (NDC) in Mukwanya Cell, Njeru Municipality along Njeru-Kayunga highway in Buikwe District.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ms Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa regional Police spokesperson, the deceased R\/A264221 private Ivan Kiyingi, 26, attached to NDC had gone to swim at the college\u2019s swimming pool to together with his friend R\/A 264405 James Sempa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Kiyingi] was with Sempa who stood at a distance from the swimming pool and when Sempa could no longer see his friend, he alerted officers for help but he had already died,\u201d Ms Butoto said Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have learnt that the pool attendant does not work on weekends unless he is called by the college administration,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Kiyingi\u2019s body was retrieved and taken to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital morgue as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>In another development, students of Nkoba Islamic Secondary School in Kampala were involved in a road accident where 37 of them got injured after a coaster Reg. No UAV516 they were travelling in hit a pothole and overturned at Kitigoma Village along Jinja- Kampala highway. The accident occurred at 9am, Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood enough no one died, but those injured are currently receiving treatment at Kawolo General Hospital,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were coming from Itanda Falls in Jinja District where they had gone on a fieldwork tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. A Uganda Peoples\u2019 Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier on Saturday drowned in a swimming pool at the National Defence College (NDC) in Mukwanya Cell, Njeru Municipality along Njeru-Kayunga highway in Buikwe District. 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