Tag Archive: traffic rules

NMT Key to Cities’ Congestion and Pollution Reduction

June 5, 2023    By admin

Uganda’s road infrastructure is generally unsafe with most of the roads being single carriage way without a median. This easily results into many head-on collisions since most roads lack facilities for Non-Motorized users. According to the Uganda Road Safety Performance review (2018), the last decade alone recorded that road crash... Read More

ROAD SAFETY SENSITISATION IN KITOORO

January 16, 2023    By admin

The Nicole Foundation, a road safety Non-Government Organisation (NGO) that is committed to road safety through involving the voices of young people is due to celebrate its second-year anniversary. As has been the tradition, a sensitization campaign is part of the weekend-long activities attached to the celebration. For this year’s... Read More

GOVERNMENT READY TO SUPPORT ROAD SAFETY ADVOCACIES

September 30, 2022    By admin

The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) project about helmet use and drink driving regulations which started in 2021 is almost coming to an end. On the 29th of September 2022, we engaged stakeholders from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Works and Transport, Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Uganda Police... Read More

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

Why we all must get involved in road safety activities.

February 21, 2022    By admin

The journey to safer roads is one that can only thrive if all stakeholders involved play their part. This has for decades been far from the norm with mainly pedestrians leaving this upto the motorcyclist or the guy behind the wheel. According to the World Health Organisation, approximately 1.3 million... Read More