Four Kenyan pilgrims from the Anglican Diocese of Bungoma died on Sunday morning after they were knocked down by a speeding car on Iganga-Jinja highway in Uganda.
Two of them died on the spot, while two others passed on upon arrival at Iganga Hospital, Uganda. The accident occurred at Bulanga in Mayuge district.
Ms Beatrice Nalongo, a traffic police officer at Mayuge, who confirmed the accident, identified the dead as Roseline Wanjala and Geoffrey Ogwanga.
“The identities of the other two who died in hospital is yet to be established,” she said.
She said that four other pilgrims sustained serious injuries during the accident.
The driver of the speeding taxi that was heading to Iganga from Jinja has since been arrested.
Every year pilgrims from different parts of country trek to Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine at Namugongo in Kampala for martyr’s day which is marked on June 3.
Kenyan pilgrims trek every year to join their Ugandan faithful in remembrance of the Ugandan martyrs.
They trek over 30km a day; until they reach Kampala by May 31.
