According to Byamukama, the reconstruction project cost sh191b and included works on road sections between Lwera and Kalandazi. The newly constructed Katonga Bridge along the Kampala-Masaka highway is expected to last 120 years, the Government has said, following its commissioning on Saturday, three years after the previous structure was washed away by floods. The old […]
Motorists using the busy highway have been urged to exercise patience and strictly follow instructions from traffic police officers deployed at the site. Gone Too Soon: Maama Maria Prean, the Austrian Mother Who Gave Thousands of Ugandan Children a Future The Katonga Bridge on the Kampala-Masaka highway is scheduled to be commissioned on Saturday, October […]
“Fourteen people died on the spot, all from the taxi. Four injured victims, two from each vehicle, are admitted to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital,” Kasirye said in a statement. At least 14 people were killed and four others injured in a devastating road crash at Lwera Swamp in Kalungu District along the Kampala–Masaka Highway on […]
The pedestrian, identified as Batera Flavia, a resident of Kyengera, died instantly at the scene. A tragic road traffic accident occurred on Wednesday morning at Kibukula Swamp along the busy Kampala–Masaka Highway, claiming the life of a pedestrian. The Traffic Police Spokesperson, Michael Kananura confirmed that the crash involved a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, registration […]
Uganda Law Society Criticizes Police For Releasing Dogs at Political Rallies Four people have been confirmed dead following a fatal accident which involved a bodaboda and a lorry loaded with pesticides and other chemicals used in farming. The accident is said to have happened at Mpambire in Mpigi district on Kampala-Masaka Highway on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses […]
The Directorate of Traffic & Road safety has provided alternative routes for the road users plying Kampala-Masaka highway following sinking in of a section of the road between Kyengera and Buddo Junction as a result of the heavy rains. Micheal Kananura, the traffic police spokesperson has advised the road users to use the alternative routes […]
Katonga Bridge along the Kampala-Masaka Highway will be opened to the public today on Friday December 15, 2023. In May, severe floods resulting from heavy torrential rains submerged and washed away the bridge causing significant disruptions since then to transportation, trade, and commerce along the Masaka – Kampala highway. The floods also compelled motorists traveling […]
