Former director, his daughter perish in road crash

SAME, KILIMANJARO: Former Director of Administration and Human Resource Management at the Office of the Treasury Registrar, Amos Nnko, has died in a tragic car accident occurred in Same, Kilimanjaro Region.

In a statement issued on Monday by Treasury Registrar Nehemia Mchechu confirmed the accident, which occurred on Sunday afternoon.

The statement also revealed that Nnko’s eldest daughter, Maureen Nnko, lost her life in the crash.

Meanwhile, his wife, Agnes Nnko, and two children, Marilyn and Melvin, along with another family member, Sylvana, are receiving treatment at KCMC and Mawenzi hospitals.

“The funeral arrangements are being coordinated by the family in collaboration with the Office of the Treasury Registrar,” the statement noted.

This incident adds to a series of fatal accidents during the end-of-year festive season.

On Saturday, a crash in Kabukome, Nyarubango Ward, Biharamulo District, in Kagera region, claimed 11 lives and left 16 others injured.

Earlier, on December 18, a collision between a truck and a passenger bus in Mikese, along the Morogoro-Dar es Salaam highway, left 15 people dead.

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Reacting to the alarming trend, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been issuing various directives to the police force and road safety authorities take measures for the trends.

Following the December 18 accident, she instructed the Tanzania Police Force to implement a driver’s license point system.

President Samia explained that the new system will deduct points for traffic violations, ultimately determining whether drivers can keep their licenses.

She emphasized that this system will replace the current approach where offenders pay fines and continue driving which described as ineffective in improving road safety.