According to the road traffic report, 46 road accidents were registered in the Savannah region between 26th September -29th October 2024. In the accidents, 21 people died and 36 sustained serious injuries.
Moses Mwanga Kitio, the East Kyoga Regional Police Commander identifies one of the deceased occupants of the Premio as detective corporal Sam Mutenyo from Moyo Police Station in Moyo district. Mwanga says that they are yet to identify the bodies of the remaining two accident victims since they didn't have any identification documents.
An eyewitness Joseph Sentamu said that the two pupils were knocked by a speeding vehicle while crossing the road to the nursery school in the morning. Ssentamu says that the elder sister, Nabawanda made a U-turn upon noticing the speeding vehicle, but it was too late to avert the tragedy.
Almost 14 years after his death, Court in Fort Portal today ruled that Owobusobozi Bisakas driver was negligent and he caused the death of George Kasenene Tibamwenda, a district official in Kyenjojo who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2004. Bisaka was however cleared of culpability.
Samuel Bagonza, an eyewitness said that the Fort Portal bound trailer reg. No. UAM 198T was avoiding a motorcyclist when it rammed into the speeding bus in the opposite direction.
The accident occurred barely 2km to Kamdini when a Pickup registration number UAP 374V was knocked down by a trailer registration number UAZ 579C, Wednesday afternoon.
The town service Vehicle Registration number UAJ 610H belonging to Brilliant Kindergarten was transporting pupils from school on Thursday evening when the tragedy occurred.
A source close to the Daily Monitor says the dead were part the circulation department. They were returning from delivering the Sunday Monitor to Mbale.
Mahmoud Wamuyale, the Kole District Traffic Officer says the duo was traveling in the MPs Prado vehicle registration number UAQ 734 X when it collided with unidentified trailer at Apii village along Lira-Kampala highway at around 2:15am this morning.
The National Resistance Movement party treasurer, also Nakaseke Woman MP, Rose Namayanja has been involved in a road accident. She is admitted at Nakasero Hospital.
Beatrice Apolot, the in Charge of Traffic Mbale says the trio rammed into a taxi along Kumi road near Nabuyonga Bridge that was coming from Soroti and were killed on spot.
The accident happened at Kamengo in Mpigi district at around 8am. Lukwago and his family were traveling to his village in Kabungo, Kalungu district for Eid prayers.
The Masaka District Traffic Officer, James Tebaijuka, has attributed the accident to reckless driving by the Subaru driver Luwalira who died on spot following the accident. He says that the Subaru car was carrying 4 people at the time of the accident but one of the women who was not indentified survived the accident and was rushed to hospital.
At least two people have been confirmed dead and several others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a fatal accident along Arua-Nebbi road on Friday. Josephine Angucia, the police spokesperson for West Nile, identified one of the deceased as Florence Driwaru, the district councilor representing Offaka and Okollo sub counties to Arua district council.
Poly Namaye, the deputy police spokesperson, says one of the vehicles in the president's convoy veered off the road in an attempt to avoid a head-on collision with a coach number UAG 414F belonging to Otada Bus Company and other vehicles followed it. Nobody was injured.
According to eye witnesses Nabukenya was walking back home from Kingo health centre where she had taken her children for immunization by the time they were knocked dead.
