Cabinet has approved a list of new resolutions in a bid to curb the current road accidents which have continued to claim the lives of people across the country.

This was resolved during a cabinet meeting held at State House Entebbe on Monday, July 17, 2023.

According to Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister of ICT and National Guidance, government is concerned about the increased road traffic accidents.

Baryomunsi said that cabinet also observed that road traffic crashes are mainly caused by human factors.

“We observed that road traffic crashes are mainly caused by human factors characterized by drinking and driving, over speeding, distracted driving, fatigue and other forms of reckless behaviors such as wrongful overtaking, road rage, impatience, frequent lane change, abandoned vehicle on carriage way, among others,” Baryomunsi said.

He said that the new measures approved by the cabinet include stepping up enforcement by the Uganda police, effectively regulating and managing road transport services.

Others are increased road safety sensitization and awareness, effective coordination of all road safety efforts and strengthening of the traffic and road safety legislation.

However, cabinet further observed that boda-bodas have continuously killed more people than other vehicle categories.

Early this week, the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among while chairing a Parliamentary session directed for effective implementation of the recently passed traffic law by police.

The Speaker’s reaction stemmed from the recent incident in Kagadi district where about 20 passengers died during a motor accident.

In a recent traffic accident report presented during the presser on Monday, July 17, 2023, a total of 432 accidents were recorded, with 97 being fatal, 202 were serious, and 133 were minor. Among the 424 victims, 100 lost their lives, while 324 sustained injuries and the duration of the indicator was within one week.