April 30, 2021 Fire gutted Grace House on Tuesday
Preliminary police findings into the fire that gutted a dormitory at King’s College Budo point to possible arson.
On Tuesday morning, fire gutted Grace House, one of the girls’ dormitories at King’s College Budo in Wakiso district, destroying student’s property worth millions of shillings. The fire is said to have broken out while students were attending morning preps in their classes.
Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, said no student was injured in the fire since they were out of the dormitory. Moments after the incident, several people including Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira, the Bishop of St. Paul Cathedral Namirembe visited the school and appealed to police to carry out expeditious investigations and release their findings.