Former Moroto MP Aleper killed in hit-and-run accident 

Former Moroto Municipality legislator Simon Peter Aleper has been tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Iganga-Tirinyi highway.

Aleper, who served in the last parliament, was the vice chairperson for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) for the Karamoja region and a member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC).

According to Busoga East police, the accident occurred around 1 am Tuesday at Bukoona and involved a V8 motor vehicle, registration number UAP 787Q, which Aleper was driving.

The V8, travelling from Mbale, collided with an unknown motor vehicle heading from Iganga. Aleper was killed instantly accordint to a statement from the Busoga East Region police.

Aleper’s body has been transferred to Mulago national referral hospital for a postmortem examination, while the wreckage of the car has been towed to Iganga police.

Deputy speaker of parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, stated that Aleper was returning from Moroto to attend the NRM’s Central Executive Committee meeting, which was scheduled to consider parliament’s sectoral committee leaders.