A two year old boy of Dambwa North in Livingstone on Friday drowned after falling into a 20 litre container of water.
Southern Province Police Commanding Officer, Lemmy Kajoba confirmed the drowning of the boy to ZANIS in Livingstone yesterday.
Mr. Kajoba said the boy, Shula Mulenga, was sent to fetch water from an open container which was in the house.
He said it is suspected that the boy climbed on an object to fetch the water from the container and fell into the container, with head first.
He said the incident occurred at around 16:30 hours on Friday.
Mr. Kajoba said since there was no other person in the house, the boy drowned and died in the container.
He said people at home discovered what had happened when it was too late to save the child.
Mr. Kajoba said the matter was however under investigations to determine whether there was an element of negligence in the circumstances that led to the death of the child.
Meanwhile, investigations by ZANIS revealed that Mulenga was buried yesterday (Sunday, February 7).
Livingstone Deputy Mayor Aggrey Njekwa and former Town Clerk George Kalenga were among the mourners that attended the burial of the boy yesterday.
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Too bad dying in such a small amount of water and not in an ocean.But i bet thats what happens as water is capable of doing harm in whatver quantity.
JUST SUE THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LIVINGSTONE CITY COUNCIL
Sad story, but I agree that there was negligence not on the part of parents but on the Government and the City Council and the Deputy Mayor and his Town Clerk should be sued for negligence. They have failed to supply reliable piped water to these residences and that is why people resort to storing water in open containers. If these places had decent piped water running normally, nobody will be keeping water in an open 20 litter container, which is not health anyway. Some lawyers out there get your knives out and help this poor family. This poor service delivery needs to be punished in our courts of law. Its about time.
If you give them piped water, where will GOVT get extra money to cushion for K5BN it wants to give its lusaka MPs at NCC ?
So sad .BOOOOOOOOOOO.:((