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REVEALED: Death toll from uganda rubbish dump collapse reaches 18 | Rare Historical Photos

The dump in Kiteezi receives about 1,500 tonnes of waste a day (Credit: AFP)

The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 18, police said on Sunday, amid claims the site was a disaster waiting to happen.

Local media said homes, people and livestock were engulfed in mountains of waste at the landfill in the northern Kampala district of Kiteezi on Saturday after a collapse caused by heavy downpours.

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