Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition and Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan has this morning been involved in an accident in Bobi town, Omoro district. Aol was traveling in her official LOP vehicle registration number UG0346H from Gulu to Kampala in the company of her …
Read More »Traffic policeman succumbs to injuries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A traffic policeman who was knocked on Sunday along Jinja road has died. Police Constable Innocent Ayesigye was knocked from behind by a toyota Rav 4 UAS 597U while he was riding a police motorcycle at Namanve. Ayesigye was rushed to Mulago hospital for …
Read More »Accident kills five people in Kayanja along Kampala-Jinja highway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have reportedly died in a road accident at Kayanja, Namataba along the Kampala-Jinja highway earlier today. The accident which involved four motor vehicles occurred when a Tata-lorry loaded with sugarcane had a head-on collision with a Fuso-lorry registration number UAA 496m which …
Read More »Deputy Chief Justice’s motorcade knocks dead Gulu cyclist
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu police have impounded a vehicle belonging to the convoy of the Deputy Chief Justice, Alphonse Chigamoi Owiny-Dollo after it was involved in a road accident. The speeding vehicle registration number UG0646J was impounded on Monday evening after knocking dead a cyclist identified as …
Read More »Tributes after top West African singer DJ Arafat dies in crash
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | DJ Arafat, an Ivorian singer with a huge following in francophone Africa, has died after a road accident in Abidjan, evoking a wave of tributes to the award-winning star of the “coupe-decale” dance genre. “Death of artist DJ Arafat… today at 8am as a result …
Read More »POLICE: 21 dead in horrific Masaka road accident
SATURDAY Police has confirmed that 21 are dead after a horrific road accident involving four cars and a truck in Mpigi on Masaka road in Uganda on Saturday. The accident happened at Kampiringisa just after 5pm. “Five vehicles were involved in the accident on the Kampala-Masaka highway when a private …
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