Serere MP Okabe, wife die in road accident

BUDAKA-Serere County Member of Parliament, Patrick Okabe and his wife Christine Okabe have died in a road accident on Monday morning at Naboa town council in Budaka district along the Mbale- Tirinyi road.

Police said the deceased were driving in a vehicle registration number UBK 995F which collided with an Isuzu Fuso truck registration number KCX 0710.

Okabe died on the spot while his wife died on the way to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital.

The police traffic and road safety directorate spokesperson, ASP Faridah Nampiima confirmed the fatal accident.

She said the driver only identified as Jacob remains in critical condition at Mbale regional referral hospital.

“The cause of the accident has been attributed to the Isuzu box body driver who was speeding, drifted from his side to the side of the Landcruiser that was coming from Mbale heading to Iganga and had a head-on collision,”Nampiima said.

According to police the driver of the Fuso box body is on the run after causing the accident.

The late Okabe is also the founder of Faith FM, a Christian radio in Mbale city, Impact Ministries Church, and Rhema High School in Soroti among others.

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