Former Uganda Cranes captain, Dennis Onyango has flagged off a workforce of walkers led by journalist Joseph Beyanga, popularly generally known as Joe Walker, for a 60 kilometre highway security stroll.
The 2024 Remembrance Relay Stroll organized in a relay format is geared toward commemorating lives misplaced on Uganda’s roads and elevating consciousness concerning the significance of highway security.
Whereas flagging off the walkers this morning on the Sheraton Resort Kampala, Onyango emphasised the significance of highway security consciousness, noting that many lives are misplaced on the roads and calling for elevated vigilance from all highway customers.
“After I acquired the invite, it was an honor, as a result of we lose lots of people on the highway. We have to be vigilant on the highway. We should take into consideration the particular person within the highway, whether or not it is a husband, a spouse, a child, as a result of all of us have to stay our lives, nevertheless it begins with us,” Onyango mentioned.
He careworn the significance of reminding individuals that each life issues, particularly through the festive season when the frenzy and pleasure typically result in neglecting highway security.
“Street security consciousness is essential, as a result of we all know through the festive season, all of us get slightly bit busy and overlook that life is essential and another person’s life can also be necessary. So to make individuals conscious that everybody’s life is necessary, it is essential, and for me, it offers me an honor to be a part of this journey.”
Joseph Beyanga, popularly generally known as Joe Walker, acknowledged that the first objective of the stroll is to honor lives misplaced in highway crashes and to convey a powerful message concerning the want for safer roads.
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“In the present day we’ve a remembrance stroll whereby we’re remembering the individuals who have been misplaced in highway crashes but additionally ensuring we cross on a message that certainly we’d like protected roads as a result of we all know what protected roads do. They save lives.” Joe walker mentioned.
He emphasised that by taking part within the stroll, they intention to set an instance of what it means to be a accountable pedestrian.
“And as we stroll, one of many issues I would love us to do is we must be function fashions of what it means to be a pedestrian, and likewise take time to be careful what’s occurring on the highway. Are there belongings you suppose may be improved to make our strolling expertise higher? So that is what we’re doing as we speak.”
He defined that the remembrance stroll is carried out in a relay format, symbolizing shared duty. He urged all highway customers to take accountability and prioritize highway security.
“We aren’t getting down to stroll 60 kilometers alone, however we’re sharing the duty, and that tells you what it means if we did every one in every of us, what we’re purported to do. What if the federal government did what they’re purported to do, each driver did what they’re purported to do, the pedestrian did what they’re purported to do! How we will not we get protected roads! So as we speak, that is the message we’re placing out.”
The 2024 Remembrance Relay Stroll attracted a various group of contributors, together with highway security advocates, households of accident victims, and anxious residents.
In line with the police annual crime report for 2023, highway crashes claimed 4,806 lives, a median of greater than 13 individuals day by day.
These accidents are largely attributed to reckless driving and careless using.
