Emmanuel Kajubu
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Two Killed in Fort Portal Accident

21 Jun 2017, 07:08 2012 Views Fort Portal, Uganda Crime Report

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Lydia Tumushabe, the Rwenzori Region Police spokesperson attributed the accident to reckless driving.

Two people have been killed in a motor accident in Fort Portal. The accident occurred on Tuesday evening at 7:00pm on Kakiza road in West Division, Fort Portal Municipality.
 
The dead, whose identities are yet to be established, were travelling with others from a burial in Burungu village in Karambi Sub County. 

Lydia Tumushabe, the Rwenzori Region Police Spokesperson says that the mourners were travelling on top of a Fuso truck registration number UAS 065B, which overturned several times after the driver failed to negotiate a corner on Kakiza road.

According to Tumushabe, 33 people were injured in the accident and were rushed to Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. She attributed the accident to reckless driving. 

 

Tagged with: reckless driving road accidents

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Emmanuel Kajubu
Emmanuel Kajubu is proud to have been the first Ugandan journalist to write in depth pieces about the Tooro Kingdom institution. His knowledge of the inner workings of the Tooro Kingdom is what made him privy to the splits in the royal family. These splits almost challenged Tooro Omukama Oyo Nyimba Iguru's reign.

Culture, agriculture and the environment are just two areas of many of interest to Kajubu. As long as he has held a pen, Kajubu has also written about public policy, health and crime.

Kajubu is keen on impacting his society not just as a writer but also a trainer and mentor. Bundibugyo and Ntoroko districts fall under his docket. Kajubu has been a URN staff member since 2008.