Belinda Birungi, a daughter of the Lands Minister, and her boda boda driver died in an accident on Friday night along the Ntinda-Nakawa road.
Belinda, the daughter of State Minister for Lands Sam Mayanja, was struck by a trailer on Stretcher Road, Ntinda in Nakawa division, Kampala, on Friday at around 7 o’clock.
The minister’s daughter was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where she later passed away, while the boda boda rider passed away instantly.
Moses Wegulo, the Ntinda Police Post OC, claims that the accident occurred when a trailer traveling in the direction of Ntinda failed to climb a hilly road and struck the victims’ motorcycle.
“A good samaritan rushed the lady to Naguru Hospital.” It was this morning, when relatives came to ask for security for the vigil, that I learnt that she is the minister’s daughter,” Wegulo said.