Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A government driver who damaged a student’s suitcase at Buddo Secondary School has been directed to report to police as investigations of misconduct against him start. The directive follows a public outcry about the driver of a government vehicle registration UG-0915Z which reportedly damaged …
Read More »NAKASONGOLA: 16 injured in Valley bus accident
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least sixteen passengers have been injured in a bus accident along Kampala-Gulu highway. The sixteen were injured around 10pm on Monday when a coach belonging to Valley Bus Company Limited registration number UAR 655M, lost control and overturned in Bamusuuta village, Katuugo town council. The …
Read More »Acholi MPs call for investigations into Kamdini bus accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from Acholi sub-region have tasked Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to summon the proprietor of Roblyn Coaches Ltd over an accident involving one of their buses that claimed the lives of 18 passengers. A least 21 other passengers sustained severe injuries following the accident that occurred …
Read More »LWAKHAKHA: 21 dead in Mbale-Nairobi bus accident
Lwakhakha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A road crash in Lwakhakha just across the border has claimed the lives of 21 people and left many more in critical condition. Majority are said to be Ugandans. Patrict Kitau, the District police commander Bungoma District in Kenya, says that the crash occurred around …
Read More »UPDATE: 18 dead, 21 in hospital hit by blood shortage
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 21 victims of the Roblyn bus accident which occurred at Adebe cell in Kamdini Town Council early today have been admitted at St. John the XXIII Hospital Aber. Initially, 26 survivors including a four-year-old whose mother perished in the accident had been admitted to …
Read More »PADER: One dead, 15 injured in bus accident
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died and fifteen others were injured in an accident along the Pader-Agago road. The accident involved a bus registration number UAQ 080T belonging to Real Coach Bus Company that occurred on Thursday in Amor village, Luna Parish, Pader town council. David Ongom …
Read More »KAMDINI ACCIDENT: 17 confirmed dead on Gulu-Kla road
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 17 people have been killed in an accident at Kamdini in Oyam District. The bus registration number UAT 259P traveling from Kampala to Kitgum through Gulu rammed into a trailer registration number UAZ 381A at around midnight at Adebe Cell, Western Ward in Kamdini Town council …
Read More »KAMDINI ACCIDENT: 15 feared dead on Gulu-Kla road
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 15 people are feared dead in an accident after a Roblyn Bus headed for Kitgum hit a parked trailer at Kamdini on the Gulu-Kampala highway just after midnight last night. DETAILS TO FOLLOW BREAKING.15 People have been confirmed dead from a nasty …
Read More »36 South Sudanese nationals injured in Amuru accident
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 36 South Sudanese nationals are nursing severe injuries sustained from an accident that occurred in Amuru last evening. The victims sustained critical injuries when the Tipper lorry vehicle registration number UAV 919H, in which they were travelling overturned in Atiak town council …
Read More »How to secure crowds and venues against disasters
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Police reports indicate that at least 10 people died at Freedom City Mall in Kampala after a stampede as the world ushered in New Year. Investigations are underway, but all reports inidcate a failure by organizers to manage the crowds. Unfortunately, as I have mentioned …
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