The tentative burial programme for Galaxy FM founder and director Pius Kamugisha, who perished in a Saturday night accident on the Entebbe Expressway, has been released. 

Today, Monday, October 24, 2022, the body will be taken to his Wakiso home at 4:00pm, where Mass will be held at 5:00pm. The vigil will start at 7:00pm. 

Tomorrow, October 25, Mass will be held at St Jude Catholic Church in Ssenge, Wakiso at 10:00 am after which the body will leave for Ibanda district on the same day. 

There will be a church service at Kigarama Bukoto on Wednesday, October 26, and then the burial ceremony from 12:00 pm.  

Background

Traffic and Safety Directorate Spokesperson Faridah Nampiima said Kamugisha died as he was being rushed to the hospital after an accident. 

On Sunday, Traffic and Safety Directorate spokesperson Faridah Nampiima said the accident happened on Saturday, October 22, at about 10:00 pm.  

She said the accident involved motor vehicle registration number UG 0382D (Toyota Hilux), which was being driven by Lt. Col Ephraim Byaruhanga the Intelligence Officer 1^st Division Kakiri and motor vehicle registration number UBK 320P Benz black driven by Kamugisha. 

“It's alleged that both drivers were heading to Busega via the expressway and towards Nakigalala at Kilometer 10, the driver of UBK 320P who was speeding, decided to overtake the pickup, which was in the outer lane at a short distance. In the process, he knocked MV UG 0382D on rear light on the driver’s side, continued by scratching the driver’s door and then hit off the side mirror,” Nampiima added. 

She said Kamugisha lost control and knocked the middle concrete barrier, the vehicle crossed back to the outer lane, rolled into the trench then overturned several times up to the resting position approximately 600m from the point of impact. 

“The driver sustained serious head injuries and arm fracture by observation. He died on the way as he was being rushed to Mulago Hospital. The cause of the accident has been attributed to reckless driving and drink driving (as some bottles of alcohol were recovered from the vehicle of the deceased) The body of the deceased was conveyed to Mulago mortuary,” Nampiima said 

She said more inquiries about the cause of the accident were ongoing.