Serere County MP dies in road accident
MBALE, UGANDA - Bishop Patrick Okabe, the Serere County Member of Parliament has died in a motor accident.
According to information obtained by URN, Bishop Okabe was involved in a head-on collision with a Kenya truck registration number KCX 071K at Naboa along Mbale-Tirinyi road on Monday morning while driving with his wife to Kampala in his vehicle registration number UBK 995F.
Okabe died on the spot while his wife was rushed to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in critical condition but later died according to reports. Joel Namisi, a Junior Pastor in Faith 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.
