Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Drivers attached to Hoima sugar limited are on the spot over rampant accidents along the Hoima-Kikuube road. A number of accidents have happened on this road in the last two months and most of the accidents have been caused by truck drivers attached to Hoima …
Read More »December statistics worry Police, as 2020 road accident figures shoot up
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Records from the Traffic Department of the Uganda Police shows that most road accidents happen in December. Statistics of last year alone show 1,445 accidents were recorded in the 31 days of December translating into 46 accidents while 14 people died per day. Last …
Read More »Luwero leaders want humps along Kampala-Gulu highway to curb accidents
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Luwero district have demanded for erecting of humps along Kampala-Gulu highway to prevent rampant accidents in the area. There are increasing accidents in Luwero district on a section of the Kampala-Gulu highway that have left some 15 people dead and scores injured …
Read More »Why so many accidents on Ugandan roads?
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Recent police accident figures are alarming. At least 2,634 pedestrians and cyclists are killed on Uganda roads every year according to the Traffic Police records for the last four years. Figures on fatalities between 2016 and 2019 shows 10,537 pedestrians and riders were knocked dead …
Read More »Works minister reinstates Operation Fika Salaama
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba has appealed to all Ugandans to join the fight against irresponsible road usage in the country especially during the upcoming festive season which coincides with the political campaign period in the run up to national elections …
Read More »National Building Board moves to fight accidents at construction sites
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Building Review Board-NBRB has tasked city authorities to institute committees to oversee the construction of buildings in their areas. During a sensitization meeting for Masaka city officials and leaders, Milton Fred Ocen, a member from the NBRB said no new buildings will be …
Read More »One dead, scores injured in Iganga accident
Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | one person has been killed and scores of others escaped with serious injuries following a nasty accidient in Walugogo trading center along Jinja-Iganga highway. The deceased has been identified as Habib Sowedi, a resident of Namwiwa village in Kaliro district. His body is lying at …
Read More »Traffic police deployed at Entebbe beaches to tame drunk drivers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic officers in Entebbe have been instructed to station at all recreation grounds and test all drivers at their time of departure as a measure to control drunk driving as the public welcomes the new year. This was announced as one of the new …
Read More »Police train community-based marine rescue teams at Kasensero landing site
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 80 people living around Kasensero Landing site in Kyotera district have been trained to offer emergency rescue services to accidents that occur on water. The Police Department of Fire and Rescue Services together with Swim-safe Uganda; a non-government organization dealing in drowning …
Read More »Police intensifies traffic patrols along highways to curb accidents
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic officers in Busoga East police region have intensified mobile patrols along highways with an aim of curbing accidents. The patrols are targeting vehicles under Dangerous Mechanic Condition-DMCs, drunken drivers and people driving without permits among others. On Wednesday, a team of motorized, non-motorized …
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