Lightning strikes police cadet

Moris Orach was struck dead by lightning Thursday night. Courtesy photo

KAMPALA.

Lightning has struck dead a cadet police officer attached to Kabalye Police Training School in Masindi District.
The school commandant Mr Frank Mwsigwa identified the deceased as Moris Orach.
He said Orach was on his way from the dining hall where he had had supper crossing to his house when he got struck by lightning.
Mr Mwsigwa said the incident happened Thursday night, describing it as painful and untimely.

"Our colleague Cadet Moris Orach was struck by lightning last night. He was a committed person. May his soul rest in peace," Mr Mwsigwa said in a telephone interview with Daily Monitor.
Orach who had been at the school for a year will be buried in Gulu District on a yet to be confirmed date.
Dangerous lightning usually strikes at the onset of the rainy season.
Meteorologists have always blamed climate change for the extreme weather conditions.
In 2011, at least 28 people were killed and more than 70 injured in just one week, when lightning struck Runyanya Primary School in Kiryandongo District and Paidha Model Primary School in Zombo District.