Ugandan billionaire Apollo Nyegamahe, popularly known as Aponye has died aged 60.

Aponye died on the spot after being involved in an accident. The vehicle he was driving in hit a stationed lorry on Kabale-Mbarara highway on his way to Rukiga District at around 9:30pm.

He was driving to his home village, Kigo in Muhanga Town Council for the burial of a Prisons driver who died on Wednesday in another road accident in Mpigi District.

Aponye will be laid to rest next Wednesday, July 11, 2023 at his home in Muhanga.

The businessman owned Aponye Ltd., Uganda’s leading grain business, and Aponye Shopping Mall in Ntinda.