By Nathan Eyagu
SERERE
Police has identified the truck that killed the Member of Parliament for Serere County also founder of Impact Ministries together with wife at 7:00am this morning, 19th December, 2022.
According to Faridah Nampiima, the Police traffic police spokesperson, the fatal accident that occurred at Naboa Town Council along the Mbale-Tirinyi Road, involved motor vehicle reg no UBK 995F (Okabe’s) and Isuzu box body registration number KCX 071K.
Bishop Okabe died on the spot while his wife killing on spot while his wife, Christine Okabe died on the way to Mbale Regional Hospital. The driver only identified as Jacob remains in critical condition at Mbale regional referral hospital.
“The cause of the accident has been attributed to the Isuzu box body driver who drifted from his side to the side of the Landcruiser that was coming from Mbale heading to Iganga and thus had a head on collision,” Nampiima says in a statement.
The driver of the Fuso box body is on the run.
Joel Namisi, a Junior Pastor in Impact Ministries, which was started by Okabe confirmed the death of his boss, saying his body is lying at Mbale Hospital mortuary.
He told our reporter that the truck lost control and crashed into Bishop Okabe’s vehicle. “We lost him in times we needed him,” Namisi said in a tweet. The late Bishop Okabe is also the founder of Faith FM in Mbale city and Rhema High school.
