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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating an accident involving a saloon car and a train that was heading to Kampala from Jinja station last night. The accident occurred when a saloon car registration number UBC 836A failed to take heed of the warnings and traffic provisions while crossing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Makerere University Vice Chancellor and 2016 Presidential Candidate, Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba has been arrested over knocking a woman dead. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said Prof Baryamureeba is being detained at Kabalagala police station. Owoyesigyire added that Prof. Baryamureeba was driving …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic police are conducting fresh investigations into an accident that caused the death of  Innocent Ayesigye, a traffic officer who was knocked by a speeding vehicle along the Kampala-Jinja highway. Ayesigye was knocked by a speeding motor vehicle on May 24 from Namanve while riding …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero is hunting for the driver of a Fuso truck which was involved in an accident at Nakazzi village in Luweero town along Kampala-Gulu highway this morning. The unidentified driver of the truck registration number UAX 949E from Arua municipality was heading to …

  Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A boda boda rider has been knocked dead by a speeding vehicle during an accident in Pallisa district. The accident involving a boda boda and a Rav4 vehicle registration number UAS 143C allegedly belonging to the Pallisa District Commander Daina Namisango took place …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A motorcyclist who crashed into a truck on Monday evening as he tried to dodge a police checkpoint at Yesu Amala in Nansana municipality has died. The Deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire identified the deceased as Musa Ssempala. According to Owoyesigire, Ssempala was riding …

Karachi, Pakistan | AFP | A Pakistan passenger plane with more than 100 people believed to be on board crashed in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, the country’s aviation authority said. Images shown on national television showed the Pakistan International Airlines flight had smashed into a residential area. “The …

Luweero, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Atleast eight people have died on spot and four others critically injured in an accident at Kibisi village in Luweero district, along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The deceased whose identities are not yet known were travelling in a taxi registration number UBE 364N. The Kampala bound …

Bundibugyo, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Two people died on spot and another escaped with serious injuries on Tuesday evening in a motor accident at Humya Bridge trading center along Bundibugyo-Fort portal high way in Ntotoro Sub County in Bundibugyo district. The accident involved a Tipper lorry registration number UAY 889R.  …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | At least 20 people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country, officials said on Sunday. Government official Kippi Warioba, District Commissioner in the northern town of Moshi, said he feared the …