Kasese Accident Leaves Nyakiyumbu Sub-County Mourning

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• At 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, Morris Thembo, Robert Masereka, Kalismart Bahati, and one individual identified only as Mbale waved to their friends at Kitsutsu Trading Center, unaware it would be their final farewell.

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KASESE: A somber mood persists in Nyakiyumbu Sub-county, Kasese District, following an accident that claimed the lives of four people.

At 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, Morris Thembo, Robert Masereka, Kalismart Bahati, and one individual identified only as Mbale waved to their friends at Kitsutsu Trading Center, unaware it would be their final farewell.

Mr. Kibingo Thembo, a resident of Kyabisoro Village, told our reporter that he was following the motorcycle the deceased were riding before it collided with a Fuso truck at Bukangara Bridge.

According to Kibingo, the Fuso, registration number UAX 843 M, was speeding because it had failed to pump the gas needed to brake while crossing the bridge. When he saw the Fuso driver struggling, Kibingo stopped and waited for the truck to cross.

Kibingo explained that his colleagues, now deceased, did not stop and collided with the Fuso, causing the motorcycle to fall into the bridge as the Fuso lost control and fell onto them.

Through Kibingo, our reporter discovered that the Fuso was transporting cassava flour and had five occupants. When our reporter reached Masereka’s father’s home in Kyabisoro Village, preparations were underway for his burial.

Mr. Hanning Bwambale, the deceased’s biological brother, explained that he had spent the whole day with his brother and was shocked to see him dead.

Peter Sunday Kakule, the L.C. 3 Chairperson for Nyakiyumbu, said that the area had been robbed of resourceful and energetic individuals.