Buyinza, today (Wednesday) appeared before the Ntungamo Grade One magistrate Shalon Nasuna who read to him two charges of causing death through reckless driving and causing bodily injuries through reckless driving under the Traffic and road safety Act 1998 as amended by Act number 6 of 2020.
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The Charge sheet
Moses Buyinza Isabirye, the driver of the late Apollo
Nyegamehe, also known as Aponye, has been remanded to Ntungamo Government
Prison. He appeared before the Ntungamo Grade One magistrate, Shalon Nasuna on
charges of causing death through reckless driving and causing bodily injuries
through reckless driving, under the Traffic and Road Safety Act 1998, as
amended by Act number 6 of 2020.
The prosecution, led by Ntungamo State Attorney Laudel
Twinomugisha, informed the court that on July 6th, at approximately 9:00 PM,
while driving a V8 Toyota Land Cruiser registration number UBF 300Z at Itojo
along the Mbarara-Ntungamo road in Ntungamo district, Buyinza caused bodily
injuries to Joshua Karamuzi and caused the death of Apollo Nyegamehe.
Buyinza pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded until
August 1st when he will appear again for the mention of his case. Nyegamehe, a
business mogul, died in an accident at Itojo along the Ntungamo-Kabale road
when his Land Cruiser collided with a Fuso truck registration number UAZ
767D last week. He has since been laid
to rest at his home in Kigo village, Muhanga town council, Rukiga district. Aponye
was traveling with his brother and Buyinza who survived with injuries.
