Tragedy Strikes As 4 Family Members Are Laid To Rest In Emotional Burial Ceremony

• Moses Ssemwogerere, his wife Rebecca Arinaitwe, and their two children have been living abroad since 2007
• They planned on returning home for the first time in December, but that will never be
• The four were buried together in an emotional ceremony at Kisawo village, wiping out their entire household

Hundreds of mourners gathered Kisawo village to bid farewell to four members of a family who tragically lost their lives in a road accident.

The victims are Moses Ssemwogerere, 42, his wife Rebecca Arinaitwe, 41, and their two children, Winfred, 12, and two-year-old Samuel.

How did 4 Ssemwogerere family members die?

New Vision reports that the four met their deaths through a fatal crash in South Africa.

Isaac Ddamulira, Ssemwogerere’s brother, recounted the tragic details of the accident that claimed the lives of the entire family.

The fatal crash occurred on the night of September 1, as Ssemwogerere was driving his family to Tsomo, where his wife worked as a teacher.

“When they reached Buttaworth in Eastern Cape province, another car, driven by someone reportedly intoxicated, veered into their lane and collided with them,” Ddamulira explained.

Deceased eulogised as devout Christians

Following the crash, the family’s vehicle was thrown off the road and plunged into a valley, where police later retrieved the bodies.

Ssemwogerere and Arinaitwe were respected teachers who lived and worked in South Africa for 17 years.

Ddamulira described the couple as devout Christians who had attended church just hours before the accident.

"This couple we are sending off today has always been God-fearing. They would always turn to prayer to help them through any challenges," he shared.

Ssemwogerere family had plans to return home

During the service, it was revealed that the family had been planning to return to Uganda in December for the first time since leaving for South Africa in 2007.

Ssemwogerere's mother, Alice Nalubega, tearfully expressed that the tragic accident had robbed her of that long-awaited reunion.

"I was expecting my son, his wife, and my grandchildren to come home this December, but it was God's plan for this not to happen," Nalubega said.

Moi Girls Sindo students collapse on colleague's grave

Elsewhere, Moi Girls Sindo is mourning a Form Four student named Sophy, who died a few months before her final exams

During the burial, students were overcome with emotions as they watched the coffin being lowered

They milled around the grave and wept bitterly, unable to believe their friend was no more.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke