Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A speeding vehicle has knocked dead two children along the Hoima-Kikuube-Fort Portal road in Kikuube district. The accident occurred near Buhimba town council in Kikuube district on Monday evening at around 4pm. The Toyota Sprinter Carib vehicle registration number UBB 825A that knocked the two …
Read More »10 injured in Kisoro bus accident
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten people have sustained injuries in an accident along the Kabale-Kisoro road in Kanaba sub county, Kisoro district. The accident which occurred at 6:00am at Gasheregenyi trading center in Kanaba Hills, about 12 kilometres to Kisoro town involved a Platinum bus. Abraham Maniragaba, the Kanaba …
Read More »Three knocked dead in Namutumba road accident
Namutumba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East is investigating circumstances under which two passengers and a motorcyclist, were on Monday morning knocked dead in Magada trading center, Namutumba district along the Iganga-Mbale highway. The deceased are; Joshua Wanga, a motorcyclist aged 18 years, Dennis Masongole, a passenger aged …
Read More »Kikuube LC5 councilor Nyakojo killed in fatal accident
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kikuube town council LC5 councilor Birari Nyakojo has been killed in a fatal accident along the Hoima-Kikuube-Fortportal road in Kikuube district. Nyakojo who was riding a motorcycle whose registration number is yet to be established rammed into a stationary numberless tractor that had been …
Read More »Over 30 traders injured in Buliisa road accident
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 people have this morning been critically injured in a crash along the Hoima Biiso-Butiaba-Wanseko road in Buliisa district. The accident occurred when a Fuso lorry registration number UAP 038X carrying over 50 traders together with their merchandise from Masindi town heading to …
Read More »Three perish in accident along Mbarara-Rwampara road
Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have died on spot following an accident at Rwemiyenje Rugando trading center along the Mbarara-Rwampara road. The accident occurred at around 11:00am on Thursday involving a bus registration number UAQ 079W belonging to Bismarkan Coaches, Carina vehicle registration UAV 977P, and a motorcycle …
Read More »Seven dead as boat capsizes on Lake Victoria: Kenya official
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Seven bodies have been retrieved after a boat capsized on Lake Victoria, a Kenyan regional government official confirmed on Thursday. Homa Bay County Commissioner Moses Lilan said the seven bodies were retrieved from the lake after the accident on Tuesday. Four people are still missing. A …
Read More »MP Gilbert Olanya involved in accident along Kampala-Gulu highway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kilak South County Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya was on Tuesday involved in an accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The accident occurred at Kyamukonda village in Nakasongola district at around 8:30pm. Olanya was on the way to Kampala from Gulu at the time of …
Read More »Buyende town council NRM chairperson perishes in road accident
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | George Musenero, the Buyende town council National Resistance Movement-NRM party chairperson has died in a motor accident. The 60 year old Musenero perished in an accident on Tuesday afternoon in Butabaala trading center along Kamuli-Jinja highway. Musenero who was riding a motorcycle registration number UAF …
Read More »Four dead, three injured in Mbale accident
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An early morning accident in Mbale city has claimed the lives of four people and left three others nursing critical injuries. The accident occurred along Mbale-Tororo road adjacent to Mbale city bus park. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred after a speeding Fuso truck registration …
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