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Newly sworn in Kagongo division chairperson perishes in accident

Ibanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aggrey Mushabe, the newly sworn-in LC 3 chairperson of Kagongo division in Ibanda Municipality has perished in a motor accident. Mushabe died on Monday morning on his way to Ruhoko health center III. The accident occurred at around 11:00 am along Kashuku road in Ibanda Municipality. …

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One dead, scores injured in YY bus accident

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been confirmed dead and several others injured in a road accident involving a YY bus along the Lira-Kamudini highway. The Isuzu bus registration number UBE 407K travelling from Kampala to Lira is said to have hit a pothole and lost control before over …

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Speeding taxi knocks four dead in Bundibugyo

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have been confirmed dead following an accident along the Bundibugyo-Fort-Portal road in Bundibugyo district. The accident occurred last evening at Bugama village in the middle of Semuliki National Park. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when a speeding taxi registration number UBH 654J lost …

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One dead as minibus rams into immigration office perimeter wall

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died and two others injured after a minibus driver lost control and knocked a motorcycle along the Kampala-Jinja road. The accident happened near the Ministry of Internal Affairs offices in Kampala on Friday. According to eyewitnesses, the Isuzu minibus registration number UAW-298N that …

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Police gives up search for bodies of Karuma bridge accident

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police say the hope of recovering the bodies of the occupants of the fuel lorry that plunged in River Nile at Karuma bridge in Nwoya district is fading due to high volume of water. One of the deceased has been identified as Alex Ogwal, the driver …

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Two presumed dead as fuel truck plunges into Karuma falls

Traffic on Karuma bridge along Kampala-Gulu highway is controlled for safety following an accident Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people are feared dead after a speeding fuel truck en-route to Kampala on Saturday lost control at Karuma bridge and plunged into the fast moving falls. The tanker, registration number UAS …

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Two dead, three injured in Nsambya police truck accident

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Two people have been knocked dead and three others injured when a police truck lost control and knocked several vehicles and motorcycles along the road in Nsambya, a suburb of Kampala. The Hino truck registration number UP 5638 failed to brake and rammed into …

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Four critically injured after speeding taxi overturns in Luweero

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have been rushed to Luweero Hospital in critical condition following a road accident in Luweero. The accident occurred this morning at Ngogoro village in Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway. This was after a commuter taxi, a toyota Hiace model infamously known as …

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One dead, 7 injured as Fuso crashes into NWSC offices

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been confirmed dead and seven others injured when a FUSO Truck Registration Number UBE-042A lost control and rammed into the offices of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Luweero district. The truck, loaded with Bricks swerved off the Luweero-Kiwoko …

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