The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has asked legislators to preach safe road usage among their constituents. Oulanyah said this as parliament on Wednesday observed a minute of silence for Lt (Rtd) Cyrus Amodoi who died in a road accident on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Oulanyah also announced that the …
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Are the rampant deaths on this highway a result of undisciplined motorists only? This is the car in which Bukomansimbi Woman MP died. It is a navy blue saloon car whose face is punched-in from colliding head-on with an oncoming car. That one over there is where the NTV …
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Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Sri Lanka’s police sought spiritual help from Buddhist clergy Monday to bless an accident-prone highway in a country that has some of the world’s most dangerous roads. Police at Mawathagama, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) north-east of Colombo, directed three saffron-robed monks to bless …
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Uganda’s road conditions, traffic rules and drivers indiscipline continued in the spotlight for another weekend as three people, including a senior traffic police officer, were killed in separate accidents at the same spot on Masaka road Sunday morning. Just two weeks back, over 20 were killed on the same road …
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Roads in Africa are the riskiest places to be on in the continent, but you are less likely to be killed in a car accident in Uganda than anywhere else in East Africa, according to a WHO report. Car shell after a recent road tragedy in Uganda. PHOTO VIA PATRICK …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Hellen Kalende, 23, had just completed her studies at Kyambogo University in August and was looking forward to the Dec. 15 graduation where she would get aBachelors degree in Information Technology and Computing. On Nov. 9 at 9:30pm she was knocked by a speeding car and …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Police point at cycle of accidents peaking between July and New Year On October 26 presidential advisor on Religious Affairs Albert Byaruhanga died when his car knocked two pedestrians at Kyanda on Mubende Mityana road leaving one dead. In the same week, on October 21 two …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
