More than 70kms covered in two days as Joe walks to save lives
The team making the 320km walk from Kampala to Bushenyi in the Joe Walker “Safe Roads Save lives” campaign have so far covered 72km. The walk that started on February 28 at the Monitor Publications Ltd headquarters in Namuwongo started its third day today, March 2nd. Led by Mr Joseph Beyanga, the campaign seeks to raise awareness on road safety. “We will make stops in Mpigi, Buwama, Lukaya, Masaka, Lyantonde, Mbarara, Bushenyi, creating awareness, drumming up one message; safe roads save lives,” Beyanga said before the start of the walk. On the first day, the team walked 40km from Namuwongo to Mpigi before...
ROAD SAFETY: Joe Walker campaign to highlight danger to pedestrians
The Nation Media Group head of radio production Joseph Beyanga is preparing to walk a distance of 320 kilometres from Kampala to Bushenyi starting on the 28th of February 2022. Beyanga, who is in charge of KFM and Dembe FM among other duties, says the walk, dubbed Joe Walker, aims at creating road safety awareness and reminding Ugandan motorists to save pedestrians. This follows persistent reports of accidents that claim thousands of Ugandans at the hands of motorists across the divide. More than three thousand Ugandans perish according to the annual police report. Watch the video below; ...