Former Uganda Cranes captain, Dennis Onyango has flagged off a staff of walkers led by journalist Joseph Beyanga, popularly referred to as Joe Walker, for a 60 kilometre highway security stroll.
The 2024 Remembrance Relay Stroll organized in a relay format is aimed toward commemorating lives misplaced on Uganda’s roads and elevating consciousness in regards to 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.
“Once I received 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 individual within the highway, whether or not it is a husband, a spouse, a child, as a result of all of us must stay our lives, but it surely begins with us,” Onyango stated.
He pressured the significance of reminding individuals that each life issues, particularly throughout the festive season when the push and pleasure typically result in neglecting highway security.
“Highway security consciousness is essential, as a result of we all know throughout the festive season, all of us get a bit bit busy and neglect that life is essential and another person’s life can 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 referred to as Joe Walker, acknowledged that the first goal of the stroll is to honor lives misplaced in highway crashes and to convey a robust message in regards to the want for safer roads.
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“At this time we’ve a remembrance stroll whereby we’re remembering the individuals who have been misplaced in highway crashes but in addition 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 stated.
He emphasised that by taking part within the stroll, they goal to set an instance of what it means to be a accountable pedestrian.
“And as we stroll, one of many issues I would really like us to do is we needs to be function fashions of what it means to be a pedestrian, and likewise take time to be careful what’s taking place on the highway. Are there belongings you suppose might be improved to make our strolling expertise higher? So that is what we’re doing at the moment.”
He defined that the remembrance stroll is performed in a relay format, symbolizing shared accountability. 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 accountability, and that tells you what it means if we did every one in every of us, what we’re alleged to do. What if the federal government did what they’re alleged to do, each driver did what they’re alleged to do, the pedestrian did what they’re alleged to do! How we won’t we get protected roads! So at the moment, that is the message we’re placing out.”
The 2024 Remembrance Relay Stroll attracted a various group of individuals, together with highway security advocates, households of accident victims, and anxious residents.
In keeping with the police annual crime report for 2023, highway crashes claimed 4,806 lives, a mean of greater than 13 individuals every single day.
These accidents are largely attributed to reckless driving and careless using.