Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Buyinza Isabirye, the driver of the late Apollo Nyegamehe, also known as Aponye, is in custody at Ntungamo Police Station on allegations of reckless driving. Nyegamehe, a prominent businessman lost his life in a road accident at Itojo along the Ntungamo-Kabale road last …
Read More »Scans rule out internal injuries for Aponye’s driver, brother
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The two people who sustained injuries in the accident that claimed the life of businessman Apollo Nyegamehe have been identified as Moses Buyinza Isabirye, a driver and Joshua Karamuzi, a brother to the deceased. Doctor Innocent Twesiime the Itojo Medical Superintendent said the two were …
Read More »Judiciary driver interdicted
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has interdicted its driver Stanley Kisambira. Kisambira was arrested last week and charged with hate speech after an audio clip went viral. In the clip, Kisambira is heard saying that he would cause suicide and kill his principal and bodyguard and himself in …
Read More »Judiciary driver sent to Luzira over hate speech
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanley Kisambira, a driver with the Judiciary has been remanded to Luzira Prison on charges of hate speech. Kisambira appeared before the Buganda Grade One Magistrate Fidelis Otwao, which charged him under the Computer Misuse Act. The court heard that on May 12th, 2023, …
Read More »Judiciary driver advises PS Bigirimana to cease “absurdity”
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary driver Stanley Kisambira who has come to public attention because of his viral audios threatening to commit murder suicide and kill his principal and body guard in an accident, has responded to the Permanent Secretary who gave him five days to defend himself …
Read More »JUDICIARY: Judge’s driver must answer for his statements
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has indicated that Stanley Kisambira, a driver to Justice Godfrey Namundi, will have to answer for threatening the lives of people entrusted to him in his line of work. Kisambira a driver to Mbale High Court Judge Namundi released an audio clip, …
Read More »Judiciary driver arrested over audios on poor salaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A driver employed by the Judiciary, Stanley Kisambira, has been arrested by the police in Kampala to facilitate an investigation into his recorded claims made in audio clips. According to Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Police Spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan, the police opened a General …
Read More »Speeding subaru driver kills two babies in Jinja
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region, on Saturday confirmed the death of two toddlers; Aidah Timugilwa aged three months and 18 months old Patience Namusobya, who were knocked dead by a vehicle of Subaru series with registration; UBE 853V, in Busiibe trading center, in Buwenge sub county, …
Read More »KCCA to register extra driver per taxi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority will register an extra driver per taxi in the on-going exercise. According to the Works and Transport minister Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, taxi operators are now allowed to register two taxi drivers per taxi. When the exercise started on 30th …
Read More »Suspected COVID-19 Kenyan truck driver isolated in Mbale
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is holding a Kenyan truck driver in it’s COVID-19 isolation center. The driver is said to have entered into the country through the Malaba border and proceeded to South Sudan. He was reportedly picked from Tororo district on Saturday by …
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