New details emerge on fire which gutted Ministry of Health
Police Fire Brigade officers try to fight the fire that gutted Health ministry offices in Kampala January 8, 2017. PHOTO BY STEPHEN OTAGE.
What you need to know:
- The investigation team constitute, among others, the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Directorate (CIID), an ICT team from police, electrical engineers from UMEME and forensic experts from the Government Analytical Laboratories.
- The cause of the fire is yet to be established.
Preliminary findings from the Police Investigation team have ruled out the possibility that the fire which
Fire guts ministry of health offices
Offices at the ministry of health in Wandegeya, Kampala have caught fire
in Wandegeya, Kampala on Sunday emerged from the kitchen, as earlier reported.
While addressing journalists at their offices on Friday, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said that, the possibility of a power short circuit has also been ruled out as all circuit breakers were found intact at the time the Police Fire Fighters put out the blaze.
“However, according to the Police, the fire might have started from the Quality Assurance Office. We continue to await a more comprehensive report from the multi-sectoral team of experts,” Dr Aceng told journalists.
Although the minister could not conclude that the fire could have been caused intentionally by the ministry staff, she revealed that the ministry is strengthening security within their premises and the surrounding area.
“As part of the renovation, we shall ensure proper, mandatory check in and out of all staff, revamping the biometric system and re-register all staff into the Ministry system,” she added.
A mysterious fire on Sunday afternoon gutted Wing B of the third floor of the ministry offices.
The affected five offices included that of the Commissioner Quality Assurance, Assistant Commissioner Quality Assurance, Secretary to Assistant Commissioner Child Health, Assistant Commissioner Reproductive Health and that of Senior Health Educator – Health Promotion and Education.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Health was declared a
Ministry of health sealed off after fire outbreak
The workers who had reported for duty this morning have been told to wait or return home by police who have sealed off the place
until Monday evening to allow for police investigations.
The investigation team constitute, among others, the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Directorate (CIID), an ICT team from police, electrical engineers from UMEME and forensic experts from the Government Analytical Laboratories.
The ministry premises are currently guarded by the Counter-terrorism police.
