The legislator is alive, and the photos of the declared crash are old and from various incidents.
This article on TikTok declaring that Mathias Mpuuga, the previous Leader of Resistance (LoP) in Parliament, passed away in an accident is FALSE.
The video clip includes pictures of the Nyendo-Mukungwe rep in parliament and the wreckage of various lorries.
The author asserts the Ugandan lawmaker passed away instantly.
A Google opposite photo search reveals the image of the vehicle whose number plate is UG 0346 H was absorbed 2020 when ex-LoP Betty Aol Achan was associated with a vehicle accident
The Viewer and Daybreak additionally reported the case in 2020
The 2nd photo in the video clip under evaluation, in which police authorities seem checking a mishap scene, is from 2018 and reveals a collision along the Masaka-Mbarara Highway.
All the photos of the autos made use of in the video clip program different road accident occurrences , including this set which shows an accident involving a preacher in Ghana in 2021
PesaCheck spoke to Mpuuga regarding the supposed crash.
“That’s affordable propaganda. It doesn’t deserve to be offered any interest,” Mpuuga said by telephone.
Additionally, the legislator remains to upgrade his X (formerly Twitter) account after the death cases. In addition, there are no reports by any reliable media of the politician’s claimed death.
PesaCheck looked into a message on TikTok declaring that Mathias Mpuuga, the previous Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Parliament, died in an accident and located it to be FALSE.
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This fact-check was composed by PesaCheck fact-checker Flavia Nassaka and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya and chief copy editor Stephen Ndegwa
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