Serere County Member of Parliament Patrick Okabe and his wife Christine Okabe have died following a Monday morning road crash at Naboua town council along the Mbale Tirinyi road in Budaka District.

They were driving in his V8 Land Cruiser registration number number UBK 995F which police say collided with an Isuzu Fuso truck registration number KCX 0710.

Okabe died on the spot while his wife died on the way to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital.

Speaker Anita Among tweeted; “It is with great pain that I announce the passing on of our colleague , brother and member of Parliament Hon. Patrick Okabe and his wife in a road accident this morning. I ask us all to stand with the family during this difficult moment! May his soul”

Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa expressed his heartfelt condolences.

“Extremely sad to comprehend the passing on of Hon. Patrick Okabe, MP Serere County. A true voice of reason, an author, a passionate believer in the Almighty and Peace Maker,” Tayebwa said.