Uganda: WHO Lauds Uganda’s Effort in Selling Street Security

Kampala, Uganda — The World Well being Organisation (WHO) has pledged to work with Parliament and different stakeholders in implementing its new decision on curbing visitors accident deaths by 50 % inside a decade.

The Head of Security and Mobility on the World Well being Organisation, Dr Nhan Tran, made the remarks in a gathering with members of the Parliamentary Discussion board for Street Security within the Speaker’s Boardroom on Monday, 19 September 2022.

Dr Tran mentioned that in 2020, WHO and UN launched a brand new decade of motion from 2021 to 2031 calling on member states, by way of a decision, to scale back highway visitors deaths by 50 % in 2031.

“We want to discover with you, working collectively to execute the decision by supporting legislators concerned in selling highway security,” he famous and added that there could be super worth in holding a regional dialogue with legislators to have a multi-pronged method on points associated to highway security.

He proposed that Uganda be the host of the deliberate regional dialogue due to the lead it has taken in dedicating itself in direction of the matter.

“One of many duties mandated by WHO is to observe progress made by member states in curbing highway accidents and this could by way of pilot research with members states for a extra correct determine,” he added.

Dr Tran revealed that WHO would interact in additional discussions and initiatives with the heads of highway security of member states to help their strikes in reaching the decision.

Alex Ruhinda, Chairperson of Parliamentary Discussion board for Street Security, mentioned that highway accidents are normally of topical concern in that second after they occur and are sometimes forgotten thereafter, one thing the discussion board is looking for to show round.

This discussion board, Ruhinda famous, seeks to amplify the attention of highway accidents and suppress their prevalence by way of numerous interventions, the general purpose being saving lives.

He mentioned that lately, the discussion board working with the Committee on Bodily Infrastructure was profitable in persuading authorities to spice up its funding of the highway security part within the Ministry of Works and Transport within the final price range allocation.

“Any nation’s improvement could be hampered whether it is shedding 5 % of its GDP in human capital; we hold shedding economically energetic residents and belongings in visitors accidents,” Ruhinda acknowledged.

He mentioned that almost all of those individuals function companies which come to an finish after they get into deadly accidents.

The Senior Street Security Officer within the Ministry of Works and Transport, Judith Karara, mentioned authorities obtained the worldwide motion plan on highway security as proposed by the WHO and is within the technique of establishing a nationwide motion plan which is a domesticated model of the worldwide plan.

Karara added that the federal government additional dedicated itself to the UN Conventions on Street Security.

“These embrace the African Street Security Constitution, uniform description of wheeled autos and items, settlement on the carriage of harmful items amongst others,” she mentioned.

She famous that the highway security pointers have been reviewed below the visitors and highway security act which might be according to worldwide rules and goal to implement highway security.

Parliamentary Commissioner, Esther Afoyochan, representing the Speaker of Parliament, requested WHO to multiply its help multi-fold to each the federal government and the civil society in all highway security initiatives.

She mentioned that usually the main focus has been drawn on development of roads neglecting the significance of highway security and due to this fact requested Members of Parliament to extend their vitality in lobbying for higher highway security.