Uganda Temporarily Closes Main Motorway After Bomb Scare

After a bomb scare on Wednesday, Ugandan police temporarily shut down a busy motorway linking the nation’s major airport and the capital, Kampala.

According to tweets from police, a bomb squad was sent to perform an investigation along the Entebbe motorway before it was declared safe for use by the general public.

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We would like to applaud our bomb squad and crisis intervention teams for their prudent response to a bomb scare along the Entebbe Express highway. The suspicious object was removed and the highway reopened. We thank the public for their level of cooperation and vigilance. pic.twitter.com/FKJURZRqlI

— Uganda Police Force (@PoliceUg) March 8, 2023

Until the investigations were finished and regular traffic flow was resumed, drivers were detoured to an old route that passes close to the motorway.

The Chinese-funded motorway was opened in 2018 and is the first-ever toll road in the nation.