

Dan Rene' MWANJE.
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@danrene79
Social entrepreneur/ land use management, Landrights/ Transport logistics /REAL ESTATE MGT$ PROPERTY MANAGEMENT/ marketing.




























NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO A day must come when the leadership of this country and the @MoWT_Uganda in particular take finally take responsibility for the level of road carnage we are witnessing. This crisis has gone on for so long, with so little accountability, that it feels like an endless tunnel with no light in sight. A day must come when leaders feel genuine shame for treating human life with such casual disregard, and stop prioritising personal illicit illegal gain and self aggrandisement over the safety of the citizens they serve. A day must come when the enforcement agencies like @PoliceUg stop repeating the same tired lines about “recklessness” as a way of shielding the system from scrutiny. Blaming the public has become a convenient way to avoid confronting structural failure. A day must come when Uganda aligns with the global, evidence‑based approach to road safety management which is the same approach that has helped other countries reverse their fatality trends. Those successes did not happen by chance, and they did not happen in environments where responsibility was avoided. A day must come when the engineers who design, supervise, and maintain our roads acknowledge the enormous role they play in preventing crashes. Road deaths are not an unavoidable “cost” of mobility; they are a direct reflection of design choices, maintenance standards, and oversight. A day must come when political decision‑makers recognise the true national toll of these crashes and look beyond short‑term popularity. Road safety is not a slogan, it is a system that either works or fails. And to every road safety activist: do not lose hope, do not tire, do not compromise. If you give up, you will have surrendered the lives of Ugandans to a system that has already failed them too many times. We cannot continue celebrating paper victories. Even the National Road Safety Action Plan once hyped as progress, has already expired. Uganda deserves more than expired plans and recycled excuses. A day must come. And it must come soon.

Several people are feared dead after a Kampala-bound Nile Star Bus collided with a heavy truck between Pakwach and Karuma. DETAILS || #VisionUpdates 👉👉newvision.co.ug/category/news/…

Human error remains the leading cause of road crashes in Uganda and globally, with speeding standing out as the most critical contributing factor. During today’s session, The Lead Facilitator Mr. Kwamusi Paul emphasized that while other behaviors like distraction, DUI, fatigue and failure to use seatbelts or helmets contribute to crashes, speeding remains the central risk that magnifies all others. There is a direct relationship between speed and control. The higher the speed, the less control a driver has over the vehicle. Once control is lost, a crash becomes highly likely. Whether it is dangerous overtaking or delayed reaction time, speeding is often the root cause. Road safety begins with one decision to slow down and stay in control. #DriverTraining #ProfessionalDrivers #RoadSafety