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| The Bakulu Bush that crashed |
By Mogga Emmanuel
The recent
accident that resulted to the lost of several lives on the Juba-Nimule highway
is the latest event of shock and sorrow to south Sudanese and its neighbors.
This is a
very big loss to south Sudan and its neighbors we can’t afford to lose such a
number at ago only to accidents that could be avoided or at least minimized.
The ministry
concerned with road transport and the relevant ministries must ban the
operation of such a bus company in the republic of south Sudan because it
beyond tolerance and the effects are now to much
We can’t
continue to allow this company operate at the expense of our lives, life is so
precious that we need to guard it well
It is not
in our interest to see every year
accidents caused by this company take several lives of our fellow
citizens and our brothers and sisters from the neighboring countries
Accidents happen
but this one of Bakulu seems to be taking us beyond to look into why always this
bus company causing us this great loses
This is
not the first accident involving Bakulu bus there are several others that took
scores of lives
In 2011
at least 28 people, 11 Sudanese nationals and 17 Ugandans were killed when two
buses collided at a checkpoint approximately 40km east of South Sudan’s
capital, Juba.
The accident which occurred along the 192km
Juba-Nimule road involved coaches from the Bakulu and Baby coach companies
Again recently
an Isuzu brand bus belonging to Bakulu Bus services, registration number UAN
281Z also had a head-on collision with Toyota Land Cruiser Ambulance
Registration number NGO 2910 RSS belonging to Nimule Hospital.
In less
than two months Bakulu Coach is involved in a nasty accident. In July, a bus
belonging to the same company injured 16 passengers along Atiak-Nimule road.
This month alone, several passengers were injured along Gulu-Atiak road, when
the bus they were travelling in overturned.
The fatal accident
on Monday morning on the Juba-Nimule highway, involving a Bakulu bus registration
number UAS 073P that collided with a trailer registration number UAD 304E, from
Kampala side. Is said to have taken lives of at least 35 Ugandans and 15 south
Sudanese.
The Bus had
driven only 10 kilometers from Juba when it caused the fatal accident, the
reports of the number of people who perished in this accident is still
conflicting media houses give different reports
but all we know is that out of all the passengers on board less than ten
are said to have survived
Police must
launch an investigation immediately but whatever the results Bakulu bus company
must go and leave other companies to the business it is too much we can’t
continue to watch
The issue
of lives lost due to Bakulu accidents is too much as a citizen I call on the government
to ban Bakulu before it claims more lives in the nearest future, the more we
continue to see Bakulu operate the sooner we shall shade tears again.
The license
of this company must be terminated with immediate effect if lives of travelers is
to be saved
It is time
for the government to scrutinize and investigate such companies like Bakulu
buses that cause innocent people to die always in the big numbers
I hope my
cry and that of many others like me is heard to not allow lives to be lost
cheaply to thus kampala bound Bakulu bus. The
writer is a activitist in Juba he can be reached on mogga4news@gmail.com
