The Archbishop Kaziimba appealed to the road users to respect each other while on the road saying it is the only way accidents which have claimed thousands of Ugandans will be minimized.
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stephen Samuel Kaziimba has mourned the death of four Uganda Christian University Students in different accident scenes.
While conducting an interview with our reporter at UCU on Friday after the graduation, Kaziimba said that among the deceased students who have died just in a space of less than a week are the three students who died as a result of a bodaboda crashes and one who perished in a bus accident which occurred on Kampala-Gulu Highway in Kiryandongo district.
The deceased include; a 3rd year law student, Angella Namirembe who died on Tuesday after sustaining injuries following a bodaboda accident which occurred on Lubiri Ring Road on Monday when she was coming from UCU Kampala Campus from lectures.
Others are; Murungi Laurine, a 2nd year law student and Britney Sarah Treasure, a 1st year student offering Bachelor of Data Science. Murungi and Britney are said to have died on spot together with the unidentified bodaboda rider at Bweyogerere when they were traveling from UCU main campus heading to Kampala for a party on Thursday evening.
And 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.
In a memo issued earlier on Friday by the Guild Government of UCU, signed by the Guild President Samantha Akakunda Mwesigye, their fellow students died instantly on Thursday evening when a taxi trying to overtake another vehicle rammed into the motorcycle carrying them, leading to their death along with the cyclist.
The Archbishop Kaziimba appealed to the road users to respect each other while on the road saying it is the only way accidents which have claimed thousands of Ugandans will be minimized.
Salone Nakitto, a fellow student and close friend of Murungi, one of the deceased students said that the deceased (Murungi) started the day by preparing to go to a party in Kampala, and in the evening, picked Britney, embarking on their journey.
However, 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 duo’s death.
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.
