Gov't to introduce mandatory Automated Driver testing for all motorists.
- Prudential Uganda and Prudence Foundation Launch today launched the SAFE STEPS road safety campaign.
- The public service programme is aimed at raising awareness about road safety.
- The campaign , by providing clear and simple life-saving messages on road safety.
Image: Uganda Redcross
The Minister of Works and Transport, Hon. General Katumba Wamala has announced that government will soon introduce Automated driver testing to prove road user worthiness for all motorists in a bid to ensure that all motorists are competent enough to use the roads.
This was disclosed by the minister of Works and Transport at the launch of a road safety campaign dubbed SAFE STEPS road safety campaign, a public service programme aimed at raising awareness about road safety, by providing clear and simple life-saving messages on road safety.
The initiative was created and developed by Prudence Foundation, the community investment arm of Prudential, in partnership with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Didier Drogba Foundation, working with Didier Drogba as the Safe Steps Africa ambassador.
The Minister of Works and Transport, Hon. General Katumba Wamala commended Prudential Uganda and Uganda Red Cross Society for implementing the Safe Steps road safety campaign in Uganda and specifically reaching out to the boda-boda community in the Kampala Metropolitan area. Sound Katumba Wamala
The Secretary General, Uganda Red Cross Society, Kwesiga Robert said, Uganda Redcross is committed to road safety considering the rapid escalation of Uganda’s road safety crisis.Sound Kwesiga