Kampala, Uganda | URN | In response to growing concerns over road crashes involving school-going children, the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Uganda Police Force, the Ministry of Education, and the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), have launched efforts to improve child safety on the road. The agencies meeting …
Read More »Multiple students injured as school bus collides with sugarcane truck in Kamuli
Kamuli, Uganda | URN | Multiple students were injured on Friday night after a school bus carrying learners on a study trip collided with a sugarcane truck in Kamuli District, raising fresh concerns about school transport safety. The crash occurred at about 9:30pm in Busota, near Busota Health Centre III, …
Read More »KAPCHORWA SCHOOL BUS CRASH: Death toll rises to 26
Kapchorwa, Uganda | URN | The death toll from the King David Junior School bus crash in Kapchorwa has risen to 26, according to the latest government update, deepening the grief of families gathered at the school as they waited for news about their children. The government said the victims …
Read More »KAPCHORWA SCHOOL BUS CRASH: Death toll rises to 21
Kapchorwa, Uganda | URN | The death toll from Thursday’s tragic school bus crash at Chekwatit Hill in Kowo Sub-county, Kapchorwa District, has risen to 21 after two more pupils succumbed to injuries at Kapchorwa General Hospital. The victims were pupils of King David Junior School, Ndejje, who were returning …
Read More »One student killed, several injured after school bus collides with train in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | URN | One student has been confirmed dead and several others injured after a bus transporting learners from Mwebaze High School in Kakiri collided with a train in Mukono District on Friday morning. The crash occurred at about 7:00 a.m. in Namumira-Bukasa Village, Nakisunga Sub-county, along Katosi …
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