The committee, chaired by the Mbarara City South Member of Parliament (MP), Mwine Mpaka, is meeting with officials from the Ministry of Works and Transport to assess progress on ongoing road projects, examine implementation challenges, and review the ministry's overall performance in the roads sector.
Police confirmed the death toll reached 24 fatalities (22 students and 2 adults, including the school founder) after the bus lost control, struck a large rock, and overturned. Other 23 students were hospitalized with severe injuries.
“Foreigners interfering in our internal issues is very dangerous. Let us do our things by ourselves just as you do your own things without anybody interfering with you,” Museveni said.