{"id":7718,"date":"2022-12-19T07:55:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=7718"},"modified":"2022-12-19T07:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:56:14","slug":"serere-mp-okabe-dies-in-motor-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/serere-mp-okabe-dies-in-motor-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"SERERE MP OKABE DIES IN MOTOR ACCIDENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The MP for Serere Patrick Okabe togther with his wife Christine Okabe have this morning died in a motor accident along the Mbale-Tirinyi highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Faridah Nampiima ,the PRO of the police Traffic and Safety Directorate , the accident occurred around 7am at Nabowa town council,\u00a0 along the Mbale Tirinyi Road, involving motor vehicle registration No. UBK 995F-\u00a0 a Toyota Land Cruiser and\u00a0 Isuzu\u00a0 box body registration number KCX 071K, killing on spot,\u00a0 the occupant in the Land Cruiser identified as Hon Okabe Patrick the Member of Parliament Serere constituency.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"267\" data-attachment-id=\"7720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/serere-mp-okabe-dies-in-motor-accident\/download-6-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"188,267\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download-6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-6.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7720\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife Christine Okabe died on\u00a0 the way to Hospital. The Driver only identified as Jacob remains in critical condition at Mbale regional referral hospital.\u00a0The cause of the accident has been attributed to the Isuzu box body driver who was speeding, drifted from his side to the side of the Land Cruiser that was coming from Mbale heading to Iganga and had a head on collision.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of the Fuso box body is on the run after causing the accident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MP for Serere Patrick Okabe togther with his wife Christine Okabe have this morning died in a motor accident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[186,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accident","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/acc.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7900,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/serere-county-parliamentary-by-election-will-be-held-on-february-232023-ec\/","url_meta":{"origin":7718,"position":0},"title":"SERERE COUNTY PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 23,2023- EC","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Electoral Commission has released the programme for conducting the by-election of Member of Parliament for Serere County Constituency, Serere District which commences on Tuesday next week January 10th ,2023. 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