A man simply identified as Kizza, has left his fiancee in a sorrowful state after he drowned at the Aruu Waterfalls, Gulu district in Uganda.
Kizza, an employee of an NGO based in Kamwokya, Kampala had travelled to Gulu on a work-related trip. While there, he and other colleagues decided to go and have fun at the falls.
Moments before he drowned, he first took pictures, then he sat down and put his feet in water as his friends took pictures. Unknown to them, this was their last moment with him.
Slowly, Kizza slipped down the water falls and by the time they realized he was actually slipping from life, it was too late to rescue him.
They sounded an alarm, but there was no one in vicinity to respond to their calls.
Police came in later and managed to retrieve the body. It was transferred to Lacor Hospital in GuluKizza was in charge of research and human resources in the NGO, Innovation for Poverty Action, Uganda, which normally handles private and government contracts.
Fredrick Mugabi, one of his friends says Kizza’s wedding was scheduled for August and wedding meetings were already going on. He says the bride hails from Sheema district.
