Kampala City hit by Two big explosions -Terror attacks

By; Charles Katabalwa and Lubega Francis

16^th Nov. 2021

Two big explosions have gone off in Kampala city centre in suspected terror attacks.

One of the explosions went off along Parliamentary Avenue near the IPS building while the other was reported near Central Police Station.

Unconfirmed number of people have died while many of those injured, are being transported in waiting ambulances to different Hospitals. Police is yet to confirm the actual number of the dead and injured.

Eye witnesses say that along parliamentary avenue, pieces of body parts were scattered IPS glasses shattered and two cars went off in-flames.

The Parliamentary building also experienced the blast and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and the Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga were evacuated through the President’s Office followed by the Members of Parliament.

The CMI head, Maj. Gen Abel Kandiho among other top police officers are at the two scenes which are cordoned off.

The twin explosions follow a series of blasts that have rocked Uganda in the last couple of weeks one at Komamboga and another at Lungala in Mpigi where two people died.  Government has previously blamed the Allied Democratic Forces ADF rebels for the attacks.