Another serious road crash involving a school bus has occurred in Busota, Kamuli District, raising fresh fears over the safety of learners despite the government’s indefinite suspension of school study tours following a string of fatal accidents. The latest accident occurred near Busota Health Centre III, where a coaster transporting Nalango students collided with a sugarcane truck. Authorities …
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Post Views: 1 By Hillary Keingana KAPCHORWA — Twenty-one people, most of them pupils, were killed and 70 others injured on Wednesday evening after a school bus lost control and overturned in Chekwatit village, Kapchorwa District. The accident happened at about 7:40pm on 16/07/2026 along the road in Kimawa Parish, Kawowo Sub County, according to a traffic report from …
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Post Views: 3 By Hillary Keingana KAPCHORWA — Twenty-one people, most of them pupils, were killed and 70 others injured on Wednesday evening after a school bus lost control and overturned in Chekwatit village, Kapchorwa District. The accident happened at about 7:40pm on 16/07/2026 along the road in Kimawa Parish, Kawowo Sub County, according to a traffic report from …
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At least 19 pupils of King David Junior School, Ndejje, are feared dead and more than 60 others injured following a road crash involving their school bus at Chekwatit Hill in Kowo sub-county, Kapchorwa district in northern Uganda. The pupils were returning from a study tour on Thursday when the bus, registration number UA 108BQ, reportedly developed a mechanical fault …
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At least 20 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers were injured on Saturday after a military truck transporting them to their duty stations overturned in Agago, northern Uganda. The soldiers were among hundreds who passed out from Labwordwong Military Training School on Thursday and were being deployed to various military units under the Fourth Infantry Division. While initial reports indicated …
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At least 24 soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) were injured on Saturday after a military truck overturned in Agago District while transporting personnel to Gulu City. × ]]]]>]]> The accident involved a military vehicle attached to the 5th Infantry Division Training School in Labwordwong. The soldiers were travelling to the 4th Infantry Division Barracks in Gulu when …
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Two people were killed while another sustained serious injuries following a road crash at Namasa village in Nakasongola district along the Kampala–Gulu highway.The deceased were identified as 17-year-old Emirina Bukirwa and an adult male identified only as James, both of whom were pronounced dead at the scene.According to Savannah regional police spokesperson Sam Twiineamazima, preliminary investigations indicate that the crash …
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Amos Tayebwa |Buhweju Police in the Greater Bushenyi Region are investigating circumstances surrounding a fatal road accident that claimed the lives of eight people and left seven others critically injured in Buhweju District. The accident occurred on December 20, 2025, at about 10:45pm in Kisaana Village along the Nsiika–Bukiro–Mbarara Road, after a Fuso lorry registration number UBA 649Z lost control …
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By Peter Luzinda The Uganda Police Force is mourning the loss of one of its officers following a tragic accident in the early hours of Saturday morning, when a Tanzanian-bound cargo trailer rammed into a stationary police truck at a checkpoint in Kasanvu, along the Mutukula–Kyotera road. One Police Officer Dead, Three Injured as Trailer Rams into Police Truck 10 …
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