Umeme routes for plastic wash lines in communities for safety

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A 30-year-old mother in Kabalagala sustained electric shocks and burns when she came into contact with an energised metallic wash line. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. In Jinja, a 15-year-old girl was electrocuted whilst hanging clothes on a metallic wash line that was energised by a live jointed cable attached to a metallic roof. These are some of many incidents of lives lost