Recent statistics from the Uganda Police Force Annual Crime Report 2024 reveal a worrying surge in road traffic accidents, indicating that a total of 24,728 crashes were recorded last year with 4,179 of them fatal.
While students of the Uganda Christian University (UCU) are psychologically struggling to come to terms with the death of Angella Namirembe, a 3rd year law student at the university’s Kampala campus on Monday, other two students on Thursday night perished in a tragic bodaboda accident.
According to the UCU’s communications department, the deceased are; Murungi Laurine, a 2nd year law student and Britney Sarah Treasure, a 1st year student offering Bachelor of Data Science.
The duo is said to have perished together with the unidentified rider also died.
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In a memo issued earlier on Friday by the Guild Government of UCU signed by Guild President Samantha Akakunda Mwesigye, the three died instantly on Thursday evening when a taxi trying to overtake another vehicle rammed into the motorcycle carrying the students, leading to their death along with the cyclist.
Salone Nakitto, a fellow student and close friend of Murungi, one of the deceased students, Murungi started the day by preparing to go to a party in Kampala, and in the evening, picked Britney, embarking on their journey.
As hard luck would have it, according to Nakitto, at around 9:00pm they received a telephone message from some unidentified caller who broke the sad news of the two students’ death.
In a related development, Apio Consolate, one of the students who were expected to graduate today at the university, died in the mass killer accident at Kiryandongo district which claimed 46 lives and involved a number of vehicles.
According to a flier shared in the class representatives’ group, burial arrangements for Murungi had been released. A vigil is scheduled for today at Benon Mugume’s home in Mbarara followed by a church service tomorrow at 9:00am at St. Peter’s Kakoba.
A second vigil will be held later in the evening with burial expected on October 26, 2025 at Mugume’s home in Ntungamo.
Recent statistics from the Uganda Police Force Annual Crime Report 2024 reveal a worrying surge in road traffic accidents, indicating that a total of 24,728 crashes were recorded last year with 4,179 of them fatal.
Bodaboda motorcycles were involved in over 40% of these accidents, and police reports blame the accidents on reckless driving as being the top cause.
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