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Sombre Mood as residents Pray for Kaisekenkere P/s Teachers who perished in Road Accident

10 March 2026, 7:29 pm

By Joseph Kato

Matale

Grief and sombre mood have engulfed Kaisekenkere Primary School and the neighboring community as residents and bereaved families of two teachers of the school who died in the tragic accident prayed for the deceased.

On Monday evening, shockwaves struck through Kibaale District after a speeding Isuzu lorry knocked dead the two teachers John Baptist Barongo, 26, a resident of Kakayo Village in Kasambya Sub County, Kakumiro District, and John Sekate, 29, from Rwamagando Village in Kabasekende Sub County, Kibaale District all attached to Kaisekenkere Primary School in Matale Sub County.

Requiem mass for the departed teachers at Kaisekenkere P/S

The accident happened at around 8:50pm along the Kibaale–Kakumiro Highway at Mbaya, a few metres from Hakabanda Trading Centre where an Isuzu lorry registration number UA 956 DA, which was transporting timber, reportedly knocked the teachers who were riding on a Bajaj motorcycle registration number UFM 033 U.

During a requim Mass organized by the school administrators at the school premises, the chaplain of Buseesa Catholic Parish Rev. Fr. John Bosco Mugisa, together with Rev. Fr. Godfrey Kisembo, the parish priest of Buseesa Catholic Parish, assisted by Rev. Fr. Charles Asaba, the head teacher of St. Kirigwaijo Secondary School were joined by grieving teachers to honor the fallen fellows.

Grieved teachers on fallen teachers

In a postmortem report, Dr. Andrew Kasangaki of Kibaale Health Centre IV confirms that the teachers died due to acute respiratory failure following injuries sustained in the accident.

Dr Kasangaki on cause of death

Scolastica Kugonza who spoke on behalf of the school director Dr Emely Kugonza, condoled with the bereaved families describing the deceased as dedicated educationists.

Scolastica on death of teachers
Wreckage of motorcycle parked at CPS Kibaale

After the requiem mass the bodies of the fallen teachers were transported to their respective places where they are going to be laid to rest tomorrow and currently the wreckages of Bajaj Boxer and Isuzu are parked at Karuguuza police station and Kibaale central police station.