When the Lohana High School Perimeter wall collapsed Monday morning, killing at least six (6) street children and injuring two others, one of the survivors was left shocked at how God can sometimes let bad things(as you may perceive them to be) happen to you, all in the name of protecting you.
The wall is said to have succumbed to effects of torrential rains that have been battering the city for the previous days. It is reported that at about 2:00am, the wall slumped, burying a section of street children who had always sought shelter besides it.
But for this survivor who identified himself as Peter Kasirye had had a verbal exchange with his colleagues(over space) and they sent him packing. He was left with no choice, but to seek shelter at the nearest place. This however, came as a blessing in disguise.
“I came a little late to sleep and found them covered in the available beddings. I tried to ask them for space but they refused. I pleaded with them to give me some of the ‘beddings’ but they chased me violently,” Kasirye narrated.
“On further insistence to be allowed by my colleagues to sleep here too, they woke up and threatened to beat me. I told them that they can as well ‘eat’ their sacks, then I walked away to look for another place to sleep,” Kasirye continued.
Kasirye maintains that the night went fine for him, as he tucked away in a box elsewhere and slept off.
He says that certain women summoned him and told him his colleagues had been hit by a wall.
“These ladies always see us walk together, so when they saw me, they told me that my colleagues had been hit by a wall. I ran to where I had left them last night, only to find their bodies being taken away by a police van,” Kasirye said as he broke down in tears.
He blames the Local Defence Unit (LDU) officers, for the incident. “Why do they chase us from the city where we sleep. If they had not chased us, this would not have happened.”
