One person has been killed and another injured after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed onto a residential house along Stretcher Road in Ntinda, Nakawa Division, Kampala.
The deceased was identified as Serose Katusiime, 50, who was selling maize near the construction site. Her body was retrieved from the debris, while the injured survivor was rescued and rushed to Mulago National Referral Hospital for treatment.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Rachel Kawala said the incident occurred at about midnight, trapping an unknown number of people beneath the rubble.
By Monday afternoon, rescue teams were still clearing the rubble in search of other possible victims, including construction workers who may have been inside the building when it collapsed.
“Our officers are still at the scene conducting operations to establish the circumstances and determine whether any other persons remain trapped,” Kawala said.
The collapse adds to a growing record of structural failures in Uganda. Data from the National Building Review Board (NBRB) indicates that at least 41 structural failures were recorded between 2019 and 2025, resulting in more than 90 deaths.
Among the deadliest incidents was the collapse of a building in Lukuli, Makindye Division, in 2020, which killed 13 people. In May 2025, another building collapsed in Kisaasi, killing two people.
Investigations by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the NBRB into previous building collapses have repeatedly highlighted safety concerns, including construction without approved building plans, the involvement of unqualified or unregistered engineers, poor workmanship and the use of substandard building materials.
Authorities have also raised concerns about developers who continue construction, sometimes at night, despite having been issued with stop-work orders.
The cause of the Ntinda collapse had not been established by Monday afternoon, as police and rescue teams continued operations at the scene.