Police has identified three members of a family who have been electrocuted to death this morning. The deceased are identified as Asiimwe Babirye 35, one Annet 24 and Jeremiah Ssekalenzi 5 years.
The incident happened at Kasenge trading center Kyengera town council in Wakiso district.
It has been established that the house where the deceased family was renting had no power, so they illegally tapped power from the neighborhood.
According to Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesman says that this morning after Annet washed clothes, she hanged wet clothes on one of the wires that had a link to the power connection.
The electricity shocked her hands and she remained in contact with the live wire and she made an alarm which attracted her sister Babirye Asiimwe who came out of the house to help her.
Asimmwe touched her sister with bare hands to save her and she was also electrocuted.She too made an alarm and her five-year-old child, Ssekalenzi, who came to help his mother and he touched her was also electrocuted and the trio died instantly.
The neighbours came and disconnected the wire from the power. Their bodies have been conveyed to the city mortuary Mulago for a post mortem. "We convey our condolences to the relatives of the deceased says Luke Owoyesigyire.
However, the police would like to caution members of the public to avoid illegal power connections.It is a criminal offence to illegally connect your residence to the national grid.The police is working with power distributors to arrest people that have illegal connections in the area and Kampala Metropolitan Area.
The detectives have commenced investigations with a view of arresting the person, who illegally connected the residence to power.
