By Johnson Kanyesige
The flying squad detectives have arrested Tom Mugabirwe, the driver who allegedly knocked Peter Banura, the former Kikuube District Chairperson.
The suspect was arrested on Tuesday night at around 10:25 p.m., from Hotel Valley breeze in Moyo district.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson has confirmed the arrest of the driver adding that arrangements are being made to transfer him to Kikuube.
He added that security forces in the Albertine region coordinated with their counterparts in West Nile Subregion to apprehend the suspect.
Last week, Police in the Albertine region arrested Sabiiti Solomon 61, a resident of Kyenjojo District and the registered owner of the vehicle involved in the fatal road crash that claimed the life of Peter Banura.
Sabiiti was arrested and later arraigned before the Hoima Chief Magistrates’ court after he was charged with failure to keep his driver’s records.
Initially while at the police, he reportedly told investigators that he did not know the driver who was operating his vehicle at the time of the crash—prompting authorities to charge him with failure to keep employee records.
Banura 48, the former Kikuube died in a road accident along the Hoima–Fort Portal road on April 4th, 2026.
The accident occurred at Butyamba Cell, Kikuube Town Council in Kikuube district.
Police reports indicate that Banura had parked his official Toyota Hilux (UG3400084) by the roadside and was speaking to a group of people when a speeding Toyota Hiace taxi (UBQ 853E) traveling from Fort Portal to Hoima rammed into them, causing critical injuries.
Banura was rushed to Hoima Regional Referral Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police attributed the accident to speeding and reckless driving, and the taxi driver has since been on the run.
Banura, the son of Uganda’s Ambassador to Burundi, Major Gen. Matayo Kyaligonza, was first elected LC5 Chairperson for Kikuube in 2021 and was recently re-elected in the local government elections, polling 37,455 votes to defeat Phenekansi Timanyire of the National Unity Platform (NUP), who garnered 6,230 votes.
He was laid to rest last Thursday at his ancestral home in Rumiina cell, Buhimba town Council in Kikuube.
