Presidential Bike Rider Crashes
Jul 30, 2003
AN outrider leading a Presidential convoy in which visiting Burundian head of state, Domitien Ndayizeye, was travelling crashed as the motorcade entered the city yesterday.
By Steven Candia
AN outrider leading a Presidential convoy in which visiting Burundian head of state, Domitien Ndayizeye, was travelling crashed as the motorcade entered the city yesterday.
The 11:00am accident at the Kibuye Roundabout occurred when Godfrey Lubwama, who was riding the computerised 1,200 CC BMW motorbike, toppled off before it crashed.
Kampala Police chief Benson Oyo-Nyeko yesterday described the accident as minor and referred to it as a “self accident†whose cause was yet to be identified.
“He (Lubwama) fell off the motorcycle on his own. He never hit anything,†Nyeko said, adding that Lubwama had been rushed to Mulago Hospital but was not in a bad condition.
The mishap occurred moments after Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya received Ndayizeye at Entebbe International Airport.
Ndayizeye jetted into the country yesterday.
The accident comes hardly two weeks after a minibus rammed into a vehicle in which President Yoweri Museveni was travelling in the city, as he returned to State House, Entebbe.
The Police motorbikes are normally used to escort presidential motorcades during regional conferences or when a head of state visits the country.
Nyeko could not readily establish the extent of the damage, saying, “Those are details we shall get from Tibayungwa, the Kampala traffic boss.â€
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AN outrider leading a Presidential convoy in which visiting Burundian head of state, Domitien Ndayizeye, was travelling crashed as the motorcade entered the city yesterday.
The 11:00am accident at the Kibuye Roundabout occurred when Godfrey Lubwama, who was riding the computerised 1,200 CC BMW motorbike, toppled off before it crashed.
Kampala Police chief Benson Oyo-Nyeko yesterday described the accident as minor and referred to it as a “self accident†whose cause was yet to be identified.
“He (Lubwama) fell off the motorcycle on his own. He never hit anything,†Nyeko said, adding that Lubwama had been rushed to Mulago Hospital but was not in a bad condition.
The mishap occurred moments after Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya received Ndayizeye at Entebbe International Airport.
Ndayizeye jetted into the country yesterday.
The accident comes hardly two weeks after a minibus rammed into a vehicle in which President Yoweri Museveni was travelling in the city, as he returned to State House, Entebbe.
The Police motorbikes are normally used to escort presidential motorcades during regional conferences or when a head of state visits the country.
Nyeko could not readily establish the extent of the damage, saying, “Those are details we shall get from Tibayungwa, the Kampala traffic boss.â€
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