Buikwe accident: Driver was trying to save bodoboda cyclist

9th May 2025

“At the same time, he was also dodging a cow and bodaboda rider carrying firewood. In that chaos, he forced the brakes, lost control and the bus overturned, bursting into flames.”

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Residents look on as a YY bus goes up in flames after overturning while the driver tried to avoid hitting a bodaboda rider and a cow at Makindu village, Buikwe district. (Credit: Emmanuel Balukusa)

Emmanuel Balukusa

Journalist @New Vision

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BUIKWE - It was an ordinary Monday evening with passengers aboard a YY company bus headed for eastern Uganda.

As the bus cruised on the usually traffic-free Mukono-Nyenga highway,

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Buikwe accident: Driver was trying to save bodoboda cyclist

“At the same time, he was also dodging a cow and bodaboda rider carrying firewood. In that chaos, he forced the brakes, lost control and the bus overturned, bursting into flames.”

Residents look on as a YY bus goes up in flames after overturning while the driver tried to avoid hitting a bodaboda rider and a cow at Makindu village, Buikwe district. (Credit: Emmanuel Balukusa)

Emmanuel Balukusa

Journalist @New Vision

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