Kabwegyere advises school owners
Jul 22, 2007
THE Minister of Relief and Disaster Preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, has cautioned proprietors of schools against building dormitories with burglar-proofs because children cannot run out easily in case of an emergency.
By Geresom Musamali
THE Minister of Relief and Disaster Preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, has cautioned proprietors of schools against building dormitories with burglar-proofs because children cannot run out easily in case of an emergency.
“Children have perished in school fires because they do not know how to escape from barricaded dormitories.â€
“We have burglar-proofed the buildings, but we have not trained the children how to get out of them during a crisis,†he noted on Saturday. Kabwegyere was speaking at the closure of a regional conference for disaster preparedness ministers in Kampala. Ministers from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo DR and Egypt and other six countries attended the function.
Kabwegyere explained that under the Golden Spear Initiative, member-states will develop systems for rehabilitating victims of calamities.
“We are all vulnerable to earthquakes, landslides, floods, drought and fires. I would like to see a system where each district headquarters has a fire-fighting engine,†said Kabwegyere, who is also the MP for Igara West.
“I had an experience in my constituency recently, when a fire broke out at a school. The nearest fire-truck was in Mbarara, over 45kms away, †he added.
THE Minister of Relief and Disaster Preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, has cautioned proprietors of schools against building dormitories with burglar-proofs because children cannot run out easily in case of an emergency.
“Children have perished in school fires because they do not know how to escape from barricaded dormitories.â€
“We have burglar-proofed the buildings, but we have not trained the children how to get out of them during a crisis,†he noted on Saturday. Kabwegyere was speaking at the closure of a regional conference for disaster preparedness ministers in Kampala. Ministers from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo DR and Egypt and other six countries attended the function.
Kabwegyere explained that under the Golden Spear Initiative, member-states will develop systems for rehabilitating victims of calamities.
“We are all vulnerable to earthquakes, landslides, floods, drought and fires. I would like to see a system where each district headquarters has a fire-fighting engine,†said Kabwegyere, who is also the MP for Igara West.
“I had an experience in my constituency recently, when a fire broke out at a school. The nearest fire-truck was in Mbarara, over 45kms away, †he added.