21 people were killed after a bus heading to Nairobi from Uganda crashed at the Uganda-Kenya border on Sunday 8 January.
According to Uganda local police, the bus was travelling from the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale to Nairobi and crashed in the Kenyan town of Lwakhakha, just across the border from a Ugandan town of the same name.
Ugandan regional police spokesman Rogers Taitika confirmed that the majority killed were Kenyans and 8 Ugandans.
Another 49 people were injured, Taitika said, adding that the driver had apparently lost control, sending the vehicle veering off the road.
“Preliminary findings point to a case of over speeding by the bus driver,” he added.
The Ugandan government is planning to issue new measures to try to improve road safety after a surge in accidents in the East African country over the festive period.
Road accidents are quite common in both Uganda and Kenya, with authorities putting strict measures to prevent and reduce them.
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Ugandan police say 104 road crashes were registered in just three days over the New Year period between December 30 to January 1 with 35 people dead and 114 injured.
Worldwide, several road accidents have been recorded in January, including bus accident disaster in Senegal that left 40 dead and truck accident in Eastern China that left 17 dead.