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The rampant carnage on the nation’s roadways has raised highway security considerations as soon as once more, with the speaker, Anita Amongst, calling for implementation of the highway security regulation.
Speaker Amongst made the rule on Tuesday July 11, 2023.
This follows the current loss of life of former MP for Erute North, Hon. Charles Angiro, in a automobile accident on July 8, 2023 alongside Karuma-Pakwach Highway.
Equally, well-known businessman, Apollo Nyegamehe, often known as Aponye, died on July 6, 2023 in an accident in Itoojo, Ntugamo district, after his car hit a stationary truck.
“In 2019 we handed the highway security regulation and part 58 talks about car towing and up to now nobody is doing that. We provide you with cash to operationalize the regulation and you do not; we wish to know what is occurring,” Amongst mentioned.
The rampant carnage on the nation’s roadways has raised highway security considerations as soon as once more, with the speaker, Anita Amongst, calling for implementation of the highway security regulation.
Speaker Amongst made the rule on Tuesday July 11, 2023.
This follows the current loss of life of former MP for Erute North, Hon. Charles Angiro, in a automobile accident on July 8, 2023 alongside Karuma-Pakwach Highway.
Equally, well-known businessman, Apollo Nyegamehe, often known as Aponye, died on July 6, 2023 in an accident in Itoojo, Ntugamo district, after his car hit a stationary truck.
“In 2019 we handed the highway security regulation and part 58 talks about car towing and up to now nobody is doing that. We provide you with cash to operationalize the regulation and you do not; we wish to know what is occurring,” Amongst mentioned.
Girls’s Consultant of the Amuria District, Hon. Susan Amero referred to as for heavy penalties for reckless driving as one technique of curbing site visitors accidents.
“We have to assessment our legal guidelines to verify each driver is accountable and respectable on the highway. The issue just isn’t our methods; a few of our roads are superb, however we’re not disciplined in any respect,” mentioned Amero.
The Minister of State for Public Works and Transport (Transport), Hon. Fred Byamukama promised to make sure that parked autos are faraway from the roadside.
“With the rampant accidents, we have now sat down with stakeholders and we promise you that we’ll implement that regulation to make sure that these autos with mechanical issues do not stay on the highway, they are going to be taken to the police,” he mentioned.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of the Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.
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