Taxi Crashes into School

Bukedde 7/15/09
Out-of-Control Taxi Crashes into Schoolchildren in Classroom
By Henry Ssennyondo

Schoolchildren who were studying [babunye emiwambo] scattered when a taxi entered their classroom and hit the teacher who was at the blackboard.

This taxi, Kigege number UAH 313B, spun out of the driver's control and crashed into ekisenge [wall?] of Kiwuliriza school C/U at Kisugu where it found the students.

Teacher Michael Owundo, who was teaching P5 science, died in Kampala International Hospital where he was brought at noon Tuesday.

Another teacher, Nabirye Hindu, who is pregnant, and was in the neighboring classroom, was injured there, along with teacher Ivan Adoko. They are being nursed in the hospital.

One of the teaachers, Leonard Mugisha, said that the "Kigege" came from a small bump in the road that goes from Muwaayire Road and slopes down to the Police station at Kisugu.

The "Kigege" passed through the school gate, which it encountered open, as there were passengers yelling [to stop there]. And it passed by a mango tree and crashed into the wall of the school and entered the classroom.

Mugisha added that most of the students in the classroom were scared. The chief of police at Kisugu near where this accident happened, Godfrey Ninsiima, rushed to Kampala International Hospital to call an ambulance to carry the injured to the hospital.

Ninsiima said that others were taken as they were injured. These were the driver of this Kigege Abubaker Kakyayisi together with conductor meddie Nsubuga.

Ninsiima explained that the driver of the Kigege was known as Lule [? omutuufu yategeerekese nga ye Lule]. However when he brought it to the Taxi Park, he stopped at Kisugu stage where [? ezitera = usually?] to turn away from Kakyayisi and moved on.


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Takisi ewabye n’etomera abayizi abali mu kibiina Bya Henry Ssennyondo Tuesday, 14 July 2009 17:01 Takisi ng’eyingiridde ekimu ku bibiina mwe yattidde omusomesa. ABAYIZI ababadde basoma babunye emiwabo takisi bw’eyingidde ekibiina kyabwe n’etomera omusomesa abadde ku lubaawo ng’abasomesa. Takisi eno eyabadde Kigege nnamba UAH 313B yalemeredde omugoba waayo n’etomera ekisinge ky’essomero lya Kiwuliriza C/U e Kisugu mwe yasanze abayizi abasoma. Tticca Michael Owundo eyabadde asomesa ssaayansi mu P.5 yafiiridde mu ddwaaliro lya Kampala International Hospital nga ky’aggye atuusibweyo mu ttuntu eggulo ku Lwokubiri. Omusomesa omulala eyafunye ebisago ng’ali mu ddwaaliro. Omusomesa omulala Nabirye Hindu ali olubuto olukulu eyabadde mu kibiina ekiriraanyeewo yalumiziddwa wamu n’omuyizi Ivan Adoko nga bajjanjabirwa mu ddwaaliro. Omu ku basomesa Leonard Mugisha yagambye nti kigege yasoose kukuba kagulumu mu kkubo eriva ku Muwaayire Road okukkirira wansi ku Poliisi y’e Kisugu. Kigege yayise mu geeti y’essomero eyasangiddwa nga si nsibe ng’abasaabaze bali mu kukuba miranga n’eyita ne ku muti gw’omuyembe n’etomera ekisenge ky’essomero n’eyingira ekibiina. Mugisha yagasseeko nti abayizi abasinga obungi abaabadde mu kibiina baafunye ekyekango. Akulira poliisi y’e Kisugu okumpi n’akabenje kano we kaagudde, Godfrey Ninsiima ye yadduse ku ddwaaliro lya Kampala International Hospital okuyita emmotoka ya ambyulensi eyatutte abaalumiziddwa mu ddwaaliro. Ninsiima yategeezezza nti abalala abaatwaliddwa nga bali bubi kwabaddeko ddereeva wa kigege eno Abubaker Kakyayisi wamu ne kondakita Meddie Nsubuga. Ninsiima annyonnyola nti dereeva wa kigege omutuufu yategeerekese nga ye Lule kyokka nga bwe yagiggye mu Paaka yakomye ku siteegi y’e Kisugu we zitera okukyukira olwo Kakyayisi n’agyongerayo.