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 street 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 street security.
Whereas flagging off the walkers this morning on the Sheraton Lodge Kampala, Onyango emphasised the significance of street security consciousness, noting that many lives are misplaced on the roads and calling for elevated vigilance from all street customers.
“After I obtained the invite, it was an honor, as a result of we lose lots of people on the street. We have to be vigilant on the street. We should take into consideration the individual within the street, whether or not it is a husband, a spouse, a child, as a result of all of us have to dwell our lives, nevertheless it begins with us,” Onyango mentioned.
He burdened the significance of reminding individuals that each life issues, particularly in the course of the festive season when the frenzy and pleasure usually result in neglecting street security.
“Highway security consciousness is essential, as a result of we all know in the course of the festive season, all of us get a bit of bit busy and overlook that life is essential and another person’s life can be essential. So to make individuals conscious that everybody’s life is essential, it is essential, and for me, it provides me an honor to be a part of this journey.”
Joseph Beyanga, popularly generally known as Joe Walker, acknowledged that the first function of the stroll is to honor lives misplaced in street crashes and to convey a powerful message in regards to the want for safer roads.
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“Right this moment we have now a remembrance stroll whereby we’re remembering the individuals who have been misplaced in street crashes but additionally ensuring we go on a message that certainly we’d like secure roads as a result of we all know what secure roads do. They save lives.” Joe walker mentioned.
He emphasised that by collaborating 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 taking place on the street. Are there stuff you assume will 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 street customers to take accountability and prioritize street 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 considered one of us, what we’re presupposed to do. What if the federal government did what they’re presupposed to do, each driver did what they’re presupposed to do, the pedestrian did what they’re presupposed to do! How we won’t we get secure roads! So at the moment, that is the message we’re placing out.”
The 2024 Remembrance Relay Stroll attracted a various group of members, together with street security advocates, households of accident victims, and anxious residents.
In response to the police annual crime report for 2023, street crashes claimed 4,806 lives, a median of greater than 13 individuals each day.
These accidents are largely attributed to reckless driving and careless using.
