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Shift Media News 
BY AWORI ESTHER LUCY
KAMPALA, UGANDA|SHIFTMEDIA| So far 9 bodies have been retrieved from the rubble of the house that collapsed on Monday morning in Kiwempe Zon, Lukuli in Makindye division in Kampala.
According to eyewitnesses, at least 50 workers were residing in the three stories building when in caved in.
Rescue workers consisting of Firefighters from Police, LDUs and officials from the Uganda Red Cross spent the entire part of the night and morning digging for suspected survivors and bodies.
Early on Monday Minister for Lands and Housing Beti Olive Namisango Kamya visited the scene and called for immediate investigations.
The are Kiwempe LC 1 chairperson Bogere said he expects at least more than 20 bodies still burried in the rubble.
Engineers who visite the site said the metal bars used for the construction of the columns were weak and not suitable for a such a storied building.
As she addressed the press on site, Housing Minister Kamya said her ministry is yet to establish whether or not the site was designated for a storied building and whether due process was followed.
Kamya ordered that National Building Review officials and Kampala Capital City Authority team investigate the cause of the accident and report back in two weeks.
Two of the 11 injured people who were rescued are in critical condition at Mulago hospital.
This is the second time a building is collapsing and killing scores of people in Kansanga. Earlier this year in January, another building collapsed in Mitala Road in Kansanga killing six people.
The incomplete building was being supported by concrete and wooden poles. Most of those who died in the January accident were Japadholas who hail from Tororo.
They included: Martin Owori, Robert Okech, James Ochwo, Nicholas Ochieng, Joseph Oburu and Etiang Okong.Police could not readily establish the owner of the building after engineers fled the construction site. Musa Amuru, one of the eight survivors said the soil caved in abruptly giving no room for the six deceased to escape.
Police has in its investigations blamed KCCA officials for not doing proper supervision on construction sites.
Additional reporting by PATRICK JARAMOGI
