Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, who disclosed this in a statement, said the body count looks set to rise even further.
It said fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which serves as a waste disposal site for much of Kampala, collapsed.
The statement explained that the collapse is believed to have been triggered by a heavy rainfall in addition to possible structural failure in waste mass.
The Kiteezi landfill is on a steep slope in an impoverished part of the city, where women and children who scavenge plastic waste for income frequently gather.
Meanwhile, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an immediate investigation into the incident.
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