{Prominent Ugandan urologist and former minister Dr. Henry Benjamin Obonyo has died in a car accident.
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Obonyo, who served as health minister under Tito Okello Lutwa\u2019s brief regime, was killed in a nasty car crash together with his wife Kevina and their two daughters Marjorie and Aliser.<\/p>\n
He had just returned from the United Kingdom (UK) where he had been living since 1986. <\/p>\n
The accident happened along the Kampala-Gulu highway as Obonyo and his family were on their way to his ancestral home in Madi-Opei, Lamwo district.<\/p>\n
Their vehicle overturned at St. Thomas Moore Minakulu in Bobi sub-county, Gulu district, according to Aswa regional police commander Wilson Kwanya.<\/p>\n
Kwanya told New Vision that the vehicle \u2013 a Super Custom van (UAU249K) \u2013 overturned several times after a tyre burst.<\/p>\n
Four people died on spot and others were rushed to different hospitals, including the driver identified as Denis Gakumba, a resident of Kawempe division in Kampala.<\/p>\n
The vehicle was reportedly hired from Kampala. \u201cHe had just come from the airport and was going home in Lamwo. The vehicle and the driver were hired from Kampala. I have not yet established the names of the injured,\u201d said Kwanya.<\/p>\n
The bodies were taken to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital mortuary before later being transferred to 4th division military barracks.<\/p>\n
Obonyo served as a urology doctor at Mulago Hospital. <\/p>\n
Source:The New Vision:[Ex-minister killed in car crash with family->http:\/\/www.newvision.co.ug\/new_vision\/news\/1413963\/-minister-killed-car-crash-family]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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