School closed following the death of four learners

As the fifth child, identified as Rwahim Kiruta, fights for her life at Mulago National Referral Hospital following suspected orange poisoning, police have closed Ta-Alim Primary and Quran Memorisation Centre in Kikula Zone, Kawempe Division, Kampala, as investigations continue.

At the hospital, where Rwahim was receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Ms Aisha Namujjuzi, a relative, said she was helping her sister bury another child, Sumuyyaa, who was Rwahim’s elder sister and one of the pupils affected by the suspected poisoning.

In an interview with this publication, Ms Namujjuzi said Rwahim was receiving medication and recovering steadily.

While burying his daughter, identified as Sumuyyaa Kiruuta, yesterday in Mubende District, Mr Rashid Lwebuga said Rwahim was still alive and receiving medication at the hospital.

“When I spoke to her mother, she told me she was improving steadily,” Mr Lwebuga said yesterday.

Meddie Mwanje, a relative of Failuzi Nabeta, who died at Kasangati Hospital, said the school contacted them after the children developed complications.