Tayebwa Flags Off Joe Walker Kampala – Mbale Road Safety Walk
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has flagged off a group of walkers headed by journalist, Joseph Beyanga also known as Joe Walker for the 250km Kampala – Mbale trek to promote road safety.
The Kampala – Mbale trek is the second edition of the Joe Walker road safety awareness campaign in which the walkers are expected to paint Zebra crossings and make short stop overs in trading centres and towns to sensitize communities about road safety in a bid to reduce road crashes that continue to claim the lives of Ugandans across the country.
While flagging off the walkers in Kampala on Monday, Tayebwa said issues of road safety are a matter to all Ugandans irrespective of the positions they hold in society.
“I want to thank our brother Joe Walker (Joseph Beyanga) for bringing these critical issues to the fore; issues of road safety matter to all of us. We all use the road; whether you are walking, driving, running, you are using the road. And every day you are on the road, you don’t know what comes next. A car or a Bodaboda can come from anywhere and knock you. So, these are issues which can only be solved by our behavior. How we behave, how we take ourselves in the community, and how responsibly we live especially on the roads. Bringing to the fore is very important,” he said. Read more
