{"id":1248,"date":"2023-01-03T19:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/03\/party-promoter-arrested-after-10-die-in-uganda-new-years-eve-stampede\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T19:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:55:09","slug":"party-promoter-arrested-after-10-die-in-uganda-new-years-eve-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/03\/party-promoter-arrested-after-10-die-in-uganda-new-years-eve-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"Party promoter arrested after 10 die in Uganda New Year&#8217;s Eve stampede"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/248fb056-f344-57f8-b26c-4ef8c6c5dec7\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kampala, Uganda \u2013 Ugandan police said on\u00a0Monday they had arrested a concert promoter after a stampede at a New Year\u2019s Eve party in the capital Kampala that left 10 people dead, including children.<\/p>\n<p>The party-goers were killed at Freedom City mall in Kampala as revellers thronged a single exit to watch a midnight fireworks show.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesman Fred Enanga said four other exits had been ordered shut by the promoters and investigators were looking at whether \u201cnegligence\u201d was to blame for the loss of life.<\/p>\n<div>!function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName(\u201cscript\u201d)[0];n=e.createElement(\u201cscript\u201d),n.id=r,n.defer=!0,n.src=\u201dhttps:\/\/playback.oovvuu.media\/player\/v1.js\u201d,a.parentNode.insertBefore(n,a)}(document,0,\u201doovvuu-player-sdk\u201d);<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have so far arrested the promoter of that New Year concert. We are also actively searching for other organisers and promoters,\u201d Enanga told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe revellers had one point of entry and exit. Therefore several victims were trapped and trampled upon through the narrow passage which became a bottleneck for many, mostly juveniles.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>!function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName(\u201cscript\u201d)[0];n=e.createElement(\u201cscript\u201d),n.id=r,n.defer=!0,n.src=\u201dhttps:\/\/playback.oovvuu.media\/player\/v1.js\u201d,a.parentNode.insertBefore(n,a)}(document,0,\u201doovvuu-player-sdk\u201d);<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Most of the victims were aged between 10 and 20, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The promoter is well known in Kampala for staging major festis.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, one person died and three were injured in a stampede at Kampala\u2019s Kansanga amusement park.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-a9ac54202ce6dbddcb3898e7cbf72d53\">AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>));\/**\/<\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kampala, Uganda \u2013 Ugandan police said on\u00a0Monday they had arrested a concert promoter after a stampede at a New Year\u2019s Eve party in the capital Kampala that left 10 people dead, including children. 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