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  New School Bus with safety features boosts learner protection at Busoga High School   Kamuli, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Equity Bank Uganda has been hailed for supporting the education sector beyond conventional banking. Speaking at a handover ceremony of a new 2025 Isuzu 67-seater school bus to Busoga High School, …

    Gulu, Uganda | URN | Police have confirmed that 14 people were killed in Tuesday night’s head-on collision involving a bus belonging to Opit Travellers and a trailer along the Kampala-Gulu Highway in Omoro District. The crash occurred at about 9:30 p.m. at Kulu Otit Village in Bobi Sub-County, where …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | As the Ministry of Health heightens efforts to contain the spread of Ebola, bus terminals in Kampala are not enforcing the  Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Following the confirmation of Ebola cases in the country, health authorities directed all Ugandans to observe preventive measures, including regular …

Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reports from Kiryandongo indicate that six people have died, and scores of others sustained serious injuries after a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck early today. The accident involved a Mega Bus and a Sino truck at around 2 a.m. on Tuesday at …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was jubilation and a mood of joyousness at Nabumali Boarding Primary School in Mbale on Thursday, 23 October 2025 when Equity bank Uganda delivered to the school its very first bus. A rousing welcome awaited the arrival of officials of the Bank and local …

PADER, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in West Nile is hunting for a driver of Divine Coach Company whose bus overturned along Yumbe-Moyo road killing one passenger and leaving dozens injured. The deceased was identified as Mazini Deru, a 70-year-old resident of Origini village Kei Sub County in …

Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person died and several others were injured in a bus crash in Maracha District. The crash happened at Domuru Village on Thursday after the bus registration number UBF 218W belonging to NileStar veered off the road and overturned leaving the driver Bosco Nyeko Bongomin …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Onduparaka Football Club (FC) Fans and Management have re-launched a bid to acquire a Mini Bus for the team worth shs250 Million before the next season. Onduparaka FC, popularly known as the Caterpillars, rose to prominence in 2011 under the leadership of Benjamin Nyakuni before …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders are counting losses after a Bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. It was transporting more than …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDPEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) has unveiled the all-electric Kayoola EVS Model 2024 at the ongoing 2nd Uganda – Tanzania Business Forum at Johari Rotana Hotel in Dar es Salaam. The Kayoola EVS is a fully electric low-floor bus specifically designed for Urban Mass …