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ROAD SAFETY SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE A PANDEMIC

August 11, 2022    By admin

The road safety situation in Uganda currently has put us at number six (6) globally in terms of road carnage. Members of the Road Safety Coalition Uganda (ROSACU) were on the 10th of August 2022 hosted by Members of Parliament sitting on the parliamentary committee of Physical Infrastructure to talk... Read More

BUS DRIVERS ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS RAISING

May 26, 2022    By admin

With the most recent link bus road crash still having a fresh memory in the minds of most Ugandans, we had an awareness raising session with bus drivers at the Namayiba bus terminal premises on the 25th of May 2022 as part of our activities building up to our silver... Read More

BODA BODA ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS RAISING SESSION

May 25, 2022    By admin

Uganda Road Accident Reduction Network Organisation (URRENO) has this morning carried out a road safety awareness raising session with bodaboda (motorcycle) cyclists at the Kira Road Police station playground. This is an activity expected to be part of the line up ahead of the silver jubilee celebrations slated for the... Read More

PARLIAMENTARIANS COMMIT TO ACT ON ROAD SAFETY

May 19, 2022    By admin

The 18th of May has seen Members of the Parliament of Uganda make a commitment to act on issues pertaining to road safety. The Commit To Act campaign is one that is running across the world for a whole week with various countries engaging with people in places of political... Read More

COALITION MEMBERS TRAINED ON MEDIA RELATIONS

May 9, 2022    By admin

The members of the Road Safety Coalition (ROSACU) were on the 5th and 6th of May taken through a training on media relations by a seasoned team of facilitators at the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME). The training was one of the activities that was to be carried out... Read More

WHICH FEATURES SHOULD THE RIGHT HELMET HAVE?

April 30, 2022    By admin

One of the Road Safety Coalition Uganda (ROSACU) members, Safe Way Right Way (SWRW) on the 29th of April held a meeting with various stakeholders to talk everything related to helmet standards. In attendance were members of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) technical team and crucial members from the... Read More

COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY PARAMOUNT FOR ROSACU SUCCESS

April 1, 2022    By admin

The Road Safety Coalition Uganda (ROSACU) is a coalition that was formed by the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that are running projects under the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). On the 1st of April, we had a coalition meeting and in physical attendance was Mr. Clarence Makori and the Global... Read More

URRENO VALIDATES OHS WORKBOOK

March 17, 2022    By admin

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is an element that is not given as much priority in the workspace as we ought to give it. As part of the working tools for the oncoming trainings in the five National Teachers’ Colleges (NTCs), we had a validation workshop program today at Silver... Read More

“WHO REGULATES UGANDA’S SPEED LIMIT” REPORT LAUNCHED

March 1, 2022    By admin

Uganda Road Accident Reduction Network Organisation (URRENO) has joined other Road Safety Coalition Uganda (ROSACU) members today for the Launch of the “Who regulates Uganda’s speed limit report.” This has been made possible by the support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI). At the report launch hosted at Mestil Hotel... Read More

Govt should act decisively to improve road safety

February 19, 2022    By admin

In a space of three days, between December 23 and 26, at least 58 people were killed in traffic accidents. More than 190 sustained serious injuries across the country. These are the official police statistics which means that there are many other cases that were not reported and hence didn’t... Read More