Paparazzi Express

By Kundu Ronald A heart-wrenching incident transpired on Tuesday, as a riverboat with a passenger count exceeding 300 split into two and submerged in the western region of Congo. This unfortunate event led to the tragic loss of life, claiming the lives of a minimum of 18 individuals, while leaving a significant number of passengers unaccounted for. Local authorities confirmed the distressing situation, casting a pall of sadness and uncertainty over the area. The vessel, navigating the waters of the Lukenie River within Oshwe territory in the Mai-Ndombe province, suffered a catastrophic breakdown, resulting in its fragmentation and eventual sinking. Martin Nakweti, the acting police chief, verified that the majority of the passengers were local government officials, providing insight into the scope of the disaster. In response to this catastrophe, a joint operation involving law enforcement and divers was initiated to locate the missing passengers within the murky river wate...

By Kundu Ronald The container body of the Mercedes SINO truck that plunged into Karuma bridge on Tuesday has been found after a joint operation by the Uganda National Roads Authority, Police marines and sister security agencies. The truck registration number UAT 113F was transit from Elegu in South Sudan carrying charcoal on Tuesday at around 10:00am when it lost control and plunged into the fast flowing falls. Police and UNRA have spent the last two days searching for wreckages of the truck or bodies of the occupants along the Karuma Bridge waterfall banks. Details of the seen container indicate that the truck belonged to sabagifco Limited, a logistics company located in Namanve industrial park in Kampala however the real contents have not been identified as police was not allowing locals and journalists close to it. Efforts to retrieve missing bodies of the driver who was identified as Tumusiime James and other two occupants are on along the water banks.  UNRA has alr...