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A primary seven candidate at Okuture primary school in Pabbo Sub County, Amuru district was on Sunday evening struck dead by lightning.

Richard Okeny, 17, was struck by lightning at around 6:00pm while digging at their garden in Pogo-ceri village.

The deceased was among 75 pupils of Okuture school preparing to sit for the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE early next month.

The LCIII Chairperson Pabbo Sub County, Christopher Odongokara, regretted the incident and tasked parents to always be on the lookout for their children when rains threaten.

"I met up with the grieving family and we are yet to have another meeting to discuss when the burial will take place," Mr Odongokara said.

In 2014, lightning struck in Pabbo Sub County and killed a couple both aged 25.