Day 5: Teaching school children how to keep safe on the road
From Kyenda, our first stop was in Kyankwanzi town, where we had a chat with Boda Boda riders. Jolly fellas, very organized under the Bukirwa Boda Bodas association. Like you and me, their biggest worry on the road is getting back home alive. Their major challenge is kids, narrow roads with no provision for riders, reckless drivers with total disregard of other road users and then some school kids who walk “in the road” and don’t “give way” to motorists. Joined by the ASP Bakumwanyi Ronald, OC Traffic Kyankwanzi, we shared tips on how we can all safely use the road and...
Day 3: The danger with reckless driving with trucks
The team interacts with school children and comes across another accident scene, as Joe Walker narrates. Day Three What a day; we were sandwiched between the joy of interacting with kids of Victory Junior school Kituuma and ugly scenes of rescue workers trying to cut through the wreckage of a cargo truck, looking for signs of life in it. We lifted off from Kikandwa at 8am, setting out to Kiboga Nursing School, where we have camped after trekking for 49.5km. The day started with an interaction with pupils of Victory Junior School, Kituuma which sits right on the highway. Having experienced some unfortunate incidents,...
Racing trucks and an accident on day two
On Day Two, Joe Walker and friends witness an accident happen and vehicles racing with no concern for other road users. Today the Kampala to Hoima road safety walk lifted off from Kakiri at 7am. As we hit the road, my mind kept going back to the words of Rev. Benoni Magarura aka Uncle Ben: "If we all exercise patience with each other on the road, we will increase our chances of getting home safe." Uncle Ben, the former Chaplain of Makerere University, met us at Kayunga Wakiso. He is a victim of a road crash in which he suffered multiple broken bones...
Kampala to Hoima walk flagged off
Although the sky was overcast, with a slight but constant drizzle going on through the morning, the Joe Walker Foundation team and friends looked ready to tackle to start off the fifth annual road safety walk. The walk which is slated to take six days, was flagged by the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Katumba Wamala, at Sheraton Hotel on the cold and grey morning on February 28th. Gen Wamala in his remarks thanked Joe Walker (Joseph Beyanga) for his work and urged him to continue as he pledged the support of the ministry. “The work you do, even if you...