Dauda Kawuwa, the driver of Link Bus Services died on the spot last night following a tragic accident at Rugombe along the Fort Portal-Kyenjojo highway.
Preliminary police reports indicate that at about 07:45 pm, the Isuzu Bus registration number UAY 485E rammed into a stationary broken-down trailer registration number UAV 326W, a Mercedes Benz.
According to SP Twesige Vincent, two others were injured in the incident and are currently receiving treatment at Kyenjojo hospital.
“The bus driver, Kawawu Dauda, lost his life at the scene of accident. The other victims were immediately rushed to Kyenjojo Hospital for medical attention.” he says
Last week, businessman Apollo Nyagamehe alias Aponye was killed in a similar accident after the vehicle he was traveling in rammed into a lorry parked along the Kabale-Mbarara highway.
During Plenary on Tuesday, the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among tasked the Uganda Police Force and Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to implement the Road safety Act that ensures all stationed trucks are towed off the road.
“In 2019, we passed the Road Safety Act and Section 58 speaks about towing of vehicles and to date, no one is implementing that. We give you money to operationalize the law and you do not do it; we want to know what is happening,” Among said.
She added: “When you look at the issue of road accidents, the salient issues are non-implementation of Road Safety Act 2019. If we implemented that law to the latter, then we would not have those problems. I want to urge the minister to implement that law especially Section 58,”
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