The Kampala Report
  • Latest
    • Community
    • News
    • Trends
    • Education
    • Health
    • Africa
    • World
  • Money
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Farming
    • Tech
    • Winning Brands
  • Talk Back
    • Editorial
    • Op-Ed
    • Columnists
  • Politics
    • Parliament
    • Elections
  • Society
    • Entertainment
    • Relationships
    • Travel
  • Sports
  • Impact
    • Investigations
    • Special Reports
  • FACT CHECK
SUBSCRIBE
No Result
View All Result
  • Latest
    • Community
    • News
    • Trends
    • Education
    • Health
    • Africa
    • World
  • Money
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Farming
    • Tech
    • Winning Brands
  • Talk Back
    • Editorial
    • Op-Ed
    • Columnists
  • Politics
    • Parliament
    • Elections
  • Society
    • Entertainment
    • Relationships
    • Travel
  • Sports
  • Impact
    • Investigations
    • Special Reports
  • FACT CHECK
No Result
View All Result
The Kampala Report
No Result
View All Result
Home Latest

Five Prison Inmates Die, Scores Injured In Accident Along Kampala-Gulu Highway

byURN | theKR Partner News Agency
May 30, 2022
in Latest, News
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
The Prison truck being towed to Luwero Central Police Station after the accident. (IMAGE: URN | theKR Media)

The Prison truck being towed to Luwero Central Police Station after the accident. (IMAGE: URN | theKR Media)

WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on Twitter

KAMPALA – GULU: At least five inmates from Butuntumula Prison have died on the spot and scores of others escaped with injuries together with their warders in an accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The deceased inmates are Elia Kizito, Mutwalibu Lugoolobi, Innocent Gumisirize Umar Sentamu, and Ronald Nsubuga.

The accident occurred around 10:00 am Monday at Nalongo village in Luwero district involving a prison truck Tata registration UG O363U destined for Nakasongola and Toyota Wish number UBG 587W heading in the opposite direction.

The Prison truck was transporting 54 inmates and 12 prison warders to undisclosed farms. Living Twazagye, the Luwero District Police Commander, says that preliminary information from eyewitnesses shows that the accident occurred after the Toyota Wish sustained a tyre burst and lost control before it rammed into the Prison truck forcing it to overturn.

RELATED STORIES

Under the decree signed by President Vladimir Putin, the Russian government has 10 days to compile lists of foreign individuals and companies to be sanctioned. (IMAGE: Courtesy | theKR Media)

Russian, Uzbek presidents discuss bilateral ties over phone

July 6, 2022
70

Positively impacting her community: working as a clinical officer in Puntland

July 6, 2022
69
President Uhuru Kenyatta during the 39th Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Government IN Nairobi, July 5, 2022. (IMAGE: PSCU | theKR Media)

President Kenyatta Rallies IGAD Leaders to Address Regional Peace and Security Challenges

July 6, 2022
69
Lower Secondary School Students of Blessed Sacrament Secondary School in Masaka who are also instructed to go back over strike

School Strike: 14 Kimanya students in custody, parents threatened to sue

July 6, 2022
74

Twazagye says that five inmates died on the spot whereas other inmates together and Prison warders sustained injuries. He says that police transferred both the injured and deceased’s bodies to Luwero hospital.

Twazagye notes that both the Prison truck and Toyota Wish vehicles have been towed to Luwero Central Police Station as investigations into the accident continue.

The driver of the Toyota Wish escaped before Police arrived at the scene.

Salim Zimula, the area Parish councilor has asked the Prison authorities to stop transporting inmates on trucks to minimize accidents.

Moses Sentalo, the Deputy Prisons Spokesperson asked for time to compile a report about the accident. On May 17th, 2022, three people died the on spot, and nine others were injured in an accident involving a taxi in Migyera town council in Nakasongola along the Kampala-Gulu highway.

The taxi registration number UAX 303F, which was traveling from Masindi to Kampala city also lost control and overturned after sustaining a tyre burst.

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp
Tags: accidentFive Prison Inmates DieKampala-Gulu Highwayscores injured

Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email the editor on  editorial@thekampalareport.com

LATEST UPDATES

  • UBOS insists Uganda has attained middle income status
  • Museveni appoints Jenifer Bamuturaki as CEO of Uganda Airlines
  • Russian, Uzbek presidents discuss bilateral ties over phone
  • MPs halt gazettement of new tribes, demand Constitution Review Commission
  • Positively impacting her community: working as a clinical officer in Puntland

MOST POPULAR

  • Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala. (IMAGE: File | theKR Media)

    Cardinal Wamala is alive and well, says Catholic Church

    241 shares
    Share 96 Tweet 60
  • Cardinal Wamala is well, says Catholic Church

    234 shares
    Share 94 Tweet 59
  • BREAKING! Bomb blasts in Kampala City hit Central Police Station

    195 shares
    Share 78 Tweet 49
  • FULL LIST! Sejusa, Tumwine, over 30 other generals to retire from army

    127 shares
    Share 51 Tweet 32
  • Thousands gather in Sarajevo for funeral of football legend Osim

    121 shares
    Share 48 Tweet 30

INVESTIGATION

Statements no longer count! US Senate asks Biden to slap sanctions on Ugandan officials over torture

Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija shows Bobi Wine the scars of torture following his detention over insulting the First Family early this year. IMAGE: Courtesy/theKR media
byMIKE OPIO | theKR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
May 12, 2022
0
184

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has asked President Joe Biden to slap sanctions against specific Ugandan government...

Read more

UNRA boss bitter over Kuwait firm writing to Museveni on Tirinyi-Pallisa-Kamonkoli road

Pallisa has seen the tarmacking of Tirinyi-Pallisa-Kumi and the Pallisa- Kamonkoli roads, connecting the towns of Tirinyi in Kibuku district, Kamonkoli in Budaka district, and Kumi district. (IMAGE: Courtesy | theKR Media)
March 15, 2022
0
275

KAMPALA: The contractual fallout between the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and Kuwait firm, Abuljebain Engineering Consulting Office (AECO) over...

Read more

South African Construction firm Mutoni on the spot for failure to finish Matugga pharmaceutical plant

President Museveni during the launch of the construction of the Dei Natural Products International Ltd plant in Matugga on June 3, 2020 (IMAGE: Courtesy | theKR Media)
byAGNES KICONCO | theKR Writer/Engagement Editor
January 4, 2022
0
221

KAMPALA: South African contractor Mutoni Construction (U) Ltd, which was contracted to build a pharmaceutical plant at Matugga on Bombo...

Read more

Custodian board chief Bizibu on the spot over allocation of Asian properties for 24 families

cap: Mr George William Bizibu, the executive secretary of the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (IMAGE: FILE | theKR MEDIA)
bytheKR CORRESPONDENT
October 20, 2021
0
238

KAMPALA: Twenty four families of Asian origin have accused the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB) and the commissioner of...

Read more

About Us

The Kampala Report is a news media start up, and aims to become the leading news and information source in Uganda. We are known for our accurate, authoritative news content, diversity of opinion and analysis, covering the latest news and events from Uganda’s capital Kampala, the Ugandan countryside and East Africa regional contexts.

Learn more

Recent Stories

  • UBOS insists Uganda has attained middle income status
  • Museveni appoints Jenifer Bamuturaki as CEO of Uganda Airlines
  • Russian, Uzbek presidents discuss bilateral ties over phone
  • MPs halt gazettement of new tribes, demand Constitution Review Commission

Follow Us

Facebook Twitter Instagram

No Result
View All Result
  • Latest
    • Community
    • News
    • Trends
    • Education
    • Health
    • Africa
    • World
  • Money
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Farming
    • Tech
    • Winning Brands
  • Talk Back
    • Editorial
    • Op-Ed
    • Columnists
  • Politics
    • Parliament
    • Elections
  • Society
    • Entertainment
    • Relationships
    • Travel
  • Sports
  • Impact
    • Investigations
    • Special Reports
  • FACT CHECK