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The Rwandan government sent a team of doctors aboard an army chopper
to Kabale hospital to try to save the lives of its nationals involved in the crash. Mugyenyi said last night that 22 Rwandan nationals were airlifted to Kigali for treatment aboard the choppers. A spokesman for Rwanda's National Police said that the injured were being treated at King Faycal Hospital in Kigali. "They (Rwandans) are here with our team trying their best to save lives, but the situation is still tense," said the Kabale Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr Sam Tumwesigire. Police had to deploy its Mobile Patrol Unit to keep order at Kabale hospital as several Rwandan nationals came to claim their dead and injured. However, Mugyenyi told The Monitor that the Rwandan police and army had been very helpful at the scene of the accident and that there was no looting. The police spokesman said that more than Shs 2 million, U$2890, 27,900 Rwandan francs and 148,200 Burundi francs in cash was recovered at the scene. Meanwhile, several people flocked to the offices of Jaguar Coaches Limited � who operated the bus � on Nabugabo Road in Kampala to find out the fate of their friends and relatives. Many kept making frantic phone calls and anxiously pacing up and down as news trickled in from Kabale. The company's operations manager, Mr William Muhumuza, rushed to Kabale soon after the accident but declined to comment when The Monitor rang him. Another official at the company office, Mr Francis Koporo, said the bus driver had more than a decade's experience under his belt. "He has been driving buses since the days of the Uganda Transport Corporation (UTC). It was just a bad chance, but not reckless driving," he said. The dead driver had plied the Kampala-Kigali route for more than a year. Four months ago his route was extended to the Burundi border. In a fateful twist, one of the homes that the bus crashed into belonged to Koporo's father, Mr Christopher Rwabashaki. "My relatives were drinking `Muramba' (a local brew) in the compound and the coach buried them," he said. Although his father survived, many of his relatives were still missing. Koporo said that the ill-fated bus was in perfect condition and has been on the road for only 10 months. Meanwhile, local residents at Kyonjo told The Monitor that the accident scene was notorious for accidents. "Being a sharp corner we need humps to check the speed of these vehicles. Many accidents have been happening at this spot but this one is the worst," said Mr Gad Tusiime. List of injured flown to Kigali Ms Betty Butoyi, Ms Niyonzima, Mr Musa Kakwenzire, Ms Uwimbabazi, Ms Namubiru, Mr Wasse, Mr Abdalla Hassan, Mr Twagiromubiza, Mr Habomugisha, Ms Niyonzima (with child), Mr Abdallah, Mr Ntabwobwa, Mr Bigirimana, Mr Hakizimana, Mr Ayub Abdu, Ms Rhona, Mr Nimbona, Mr Isaac Uwimana, Mr Moses Bakandebe Confirmed dead: Mr Arthur Karugaba, Ms Prisca Karugaba, Mr Derrick Karugaba, Mr Kabagambe Owesigire, Mr Mohammad `Kabody,' Ms Khalifan Ashya, Mr Ahalan, Ms Salaamu, Mr Deuf (7-year-old boy), Mr Amon Kahoro, Mr Derrick Kisembo, Ms Rhoda Tusubirwa (was going to join Makerere University), Ms Jackline Ikobwa, Mr Patrick Tumwesigye, Mr Simpson (local resident), Mr Tugume (2-year-old boy), Mr Moses Kayanja, Mr Robert Kashojwo. The Mulindwas Communication Group
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