Police have cordoned off the Supreme court building in Kololo, Kampala as a crime scene for investigations following a fire outbreak at chief justice’s chambers today Wednesday morning.
The fire broke out on the third floor, destroying several documents. Officers from the fire and rescue services department backed by fire trucks managed to contain the fire and stop it from spreading to other parts of the highest court in the country.
Shortly after containing the fire, a team of regular police officers cordoned off the Supreme court building around midday with yellow tapes as a crime scene.
Jameson Karemani, the judiciary spokesperson says that the few people he has talked to, believe the fire started was started by a malfunctioning air conditioning system. He called for calm from the public, saying no court file was affected by the fire since all files are kept in the registry.
Although Karemani claims no file was affected by the fire, sources on condition of anonymity said that some files outside the chief justice’s offices were damaged in the process of putting out the fire. Now, all the activities of the Supreme court have been suspended.
Karemani said that he is not sure when the Supreme court business will resume. By the time of the fire outbreak, chief justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo was attending a meeting in his office at the High court, criminal division, which also doubles as the judiciary headquarters.
There have been several fire incidents at various institutions especially schools since this year began. Police are yet to issue a conclusive report about the various incidents.
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