KIBOGA, UGANDA: The Hoima District chairperson, Kirungi Kadiri, 47, and his 25-year-old bodyguard PC Bosco Otim have died in a nasty road crash, police have confirmed.
According to ASP Faridah Nampiima, the PRO Traffic and Road Safety Directorate, the accident happened Friday at around 10 pm at a place called Mataagi village, Bukomero Town council along in Kiboga District along the Hoima-Kampala highway.
Nampiima said Kirungi and Otim died on spot after a vehicle they were travelling Reg No UAH 053Q (Prado Land Cruiser) collided head-on with a Fuso Truck UBB 059Z that was carrying pavers and coming from the opposite direction.
“The truck was travelling from Kampala heading to Kiboga, being driven by a yet-to-be-identified driver who fled the scene. On reaching Mataagi Bridge, the truck driver tried to dodge a pothole when it swerved from its lane onto its right where it collided with the car which was heading to Kampala that was being driven by Kirungi,” read a police statement on March 18.
Gruesome pictures circulated on social media overnight Friday showing the remains of Kirungi trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle he was travelling in while his injured bodyguard could be seen lifeless on the ground.
The bodies of Kirungi and Otim were conveyed to Kiboga Hospital Mortuary for postmortem.
Kadiri, a former broadcaster at radio Liberty FM in the oil-rich Hoima City, obtained 20,391 votes on the ruling NRM party ticket to retain his 5-year term seat after defeating his closest rival in the race, Vincent Muhumuza Savana [Ind], who got 11,100 in the 2021 general election.
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