Kampala — LAST Sunday, Jonah Magino, a senior two student of King's College Budo, died in a swimming pool at Hotel Africana. Not long ago, a pupil of Sir Apollo Kaggwa Primary School also drowned in a pool at TLC, also in Kampala.
These deaths call to question the safety standards at the swimming pools in the country. First and foremost, there is no independent authority in Uganda that regulates the operations of swimming pools in public places. The National Council of Sports (NCS) says most swimming pools are in private facilities like hotels, which are outside their jurisdiction. The NCS says their role only stops at swimming tournaments organised by the Uganda Swimming Federation.
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