The Ministry for Defence has commended the late Dr Charles Karibuhungu Murego for his long service in the ministry.

Murego, 66, died in a car accident on Wednesday. He had been working in the Ministry since 1999.

"The long serving Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon Specialist, died in a car accident on his way back to Kigali from official duty at Kaduha Hospital, Nyamagabe District,” Maj René Ngendahimana, Deputy Defence and Military Spokesperson said in the statement. 

It stated that though an immediate medical evacuation by an RDF Helicopter was organised to airlift Dr Murego from Kaduha Hospital-where he had been rushed after the accident- to King Faisal Hospital, but unfortunately he could not reach alive in Kigali, mainly due to a serious head injury he had sustained during the accident.

 The burial ceremony is scheduled next week, on a date to be communicated later.Dr Charles K Murego is survived by a wife and children.”