The State Minister in charge of Transport,at the Ministry of Works and Transport, Hon Echweru Musa has commended Nile Breweries Limited for actively promoting Road safety in Uganda through their recently launched Ondaba Road Safety Campaign. While launching the National Road Safety Week’s activities at the UNRA grounds in Kyambogo, which NBL was part of, Hon Echweru noted that for Uganda to achieve its national road safety plans, road safety stakeholders have a duty to organise the industry, sensitize the riders, train and ensure that they have all the statutory requirements to operate.
“I am glad to see NBL being part of the Road Safety Week. They have on several occasions emphasized the need for responsible drinking through their smart or responsible drinking messages such as don’t drink and drive, in addition, they have gone an extra mile to actively participate in a road safety campaign called Ondaba to create awareness on road accidents, I applaud them for those efforts,” he said. This year’s Road Safety Weeks is focusing Boda-Boda safety is at the center of this year’s National Road Safety Campaign under the same “Together for boda-boda Safety”.
According to the Annual Traffic Police Report 2021, out of the 4,159 people killed 1,390 were motorcyclists, this number forms the highest number of road user groups killed. NBL has been running a road safety campaign dubbed ‘Ondaba’, Mind Your Life collaboration with Consult Africa Usalama, the Ministry of Works and Transport, Uganda National Roads Authority, the Emergency Medical Services department at the Ministry of Health, the Uganda Police and Orthopaedic Society of Uganda since August 2022. The campaign was officially launched in on the 18th, November 2022 at Mpigi Health Centre.
Launched against the backdrop of the recent increase in road carnage, The Ondaba Road Safety Campaign has been raising awareness on road safety, support enforcement, and strengthen post-crash care interventions across the country, particularly along the Kampala-Masaka Highway, which has been identified to have a high fatality rate.