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20 Children Killed in Ndejje Bus Crash; Trips Suspended Nationwide

7/18/2026

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Ndejje Bus Crash

A school bus from Ndejje crashed on Chekwatit Hill in Kapchorwa after a mechanical fault caused loss of control, striking a stone and overturning, killing 20 children and founder Mr Tadeo Ssekade.
Dozens of pupils and staff were injured and received aid from residents who arrived quickly.
Education Minister John Chrysostom Muyingo ordered an indefinite suspension of all school trips nationwide, noting that speeding, poor vehicle maintenance and hazardous roads drive such deaths.

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RDC Praises Rescue

Victims of the Chekwatit Hill bus crash were taken to Kapchorwa Mortuary for identification and post-mortem exams.
Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Stanley Bayole praised residents for bringing bedding, transport and helping with the rescue.
Chekwatit Hill is a notorious accident blackspot with many fatal collisions over the years.
A head-on bus-trailer crash on the Kampala-Gulu Highway earlier this month killed 14 people.

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Red Cross Rescues

A Suzuki model bus owned by King David Junior School crashed about 300 km (186 miles) from Kampala near the Kenya border.
Red Cross volunteers arrived first, filmed the rescue and ferried victims to hospitals.
Minister Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi said nine children were in critical condition.
Online posts expressed grief, demanded tighter school-transport safety rules, and cited WHO data that Africa’s road death rate is 26 per 100,000 versus Europe’s nine.

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Ndejje Bus Crash

A school bus from Ndejje crashed on Chekwatit Hill in Kapchorwa after a mechanical fault caused loss of control, striking a stone and overturning, killing 20 children and founder Mr Tadeo Ssekade.
Dozens of pupils and staff were injured and received aid from residents who arrived quickly.
Education Minister John Chrysostom Muyingo ordered an indefinite suspension of all school trips nationwide, noting that speeding, poor vehicle maintenance and hazardous roads drive such deaths.

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