Several dead, scores injured as garbage heap buries houses at Kiteezi landfill

An excavator digs for survivors at Kiteezi landfill in Kampala where a heap of garbage fell on houses and livestock on August 10, 2024. PHOTO/ ISAAC KASAMANI

Women seen crying after they saw the body of their mother which was retrieved from the garbage at Kiteezi landfill where dozens were buried when a heap of garbage fell on several houses. PHOTO/ ISAAC KASAMANI

Red cross officials carry a body of a woman who was retrieved from the garbage at Kiteezi landfill. The death toll is expected to rise as the search and rescue operation at the landfill where garbage fell on several house is ongoing. PHOTO/ ISAAC KASAMANI

A man weeps after seeing the body of his mother which was retrieved from the garbage at Kiteezi landfill on August 11, 2024. PHOTO/ ISAAC KASAMANI

Residents rescue a man who had been buried by garbage at Kiteezi landfill during a search and rescue operations after a heab

A man stands on the a garbage mound after part of it fell on houses  at Kiteezi landfill in Kawempe Division, Kampala on August 10, 2024. PHOTOS/ ISAAC KASAMANI

A carcass of a cow trapped in the garbage which collapsed on houses burying several people and livestock at Kiteezi Landfill on August 10, 2024. PHOTO/ISAAC KASAMANI

Rescue workers search for survivor's at Kiteezi Landfill in Uganda's capital, Kampala where a heap of garbage fell on houses and livestock on August 10, 2024. PHOTOS/ ISAAC KASAMANI 

A man uses a pickaxe to dig a garbage mound which fell on houses at Kiteezi Landfill killing some people and injuring many others on August 10, 2024. PHOTO/ ISAAC KASAMANI 

Residents gathered at Kiteezi landfill where a heap of garbage fell on houses and livestock on August 10, 2024. PHOTOS/ ISAAC KASAMANI

Distressed residents of Kiteezi, Kawempe Division talk to journalists after their relatives were buried by a garbage heap at Kiteezi landfill on August 10, 2024. PHOTO/ ISAAC KASAMANI