NRM deputy secretary general Namayanja, police launch road safety campaign
The rising number of road deaths prompted my organisation to partner with traffic police to promote responsible road use. We urge drivers to prioritise safety and observe traffic regulations whenever they use the roads.
Rose Namayanja displays a photograph of the wreckage of the car she was travelling in during a 2015 road accident. (Courtesy)
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National Resistance Movement (NRM) Deputy Secretary General, Rose Namayanja, has partnered with the police to launch a road safety campaign in memory of a 2015 incident during which she miraculously survived a nasty road accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway.
Namayanja and her mother, Catherine Namirembe Sebbowa, on October 20, 2015, survived a nasty accident when a vehicle in which they were travelling towards Nakaseke collided with a truck at Kigogwa near Bombo along the Kampala-Gulu highway.
The accident, which left Namayanja bedridden for several months with severe injuries, happened as Namayanja (then NRM Treasurer) was travelling from Kampala to Nakaseke, where she was going to preside over a groundbreaking ceremony for Bidda Buggya health center III.
Namayanja’s escort, driver and mother survived with minor injuries. Namayanja, whose road safety campaign was launched at Wobulenzi town in Luwero on Tuesday (November 3), said the initiative aims at combating dangerous driving along the Kampala–Gulu Highway, following the deaths of 114 people in road crashes in Luweero District alone in 2025.
Greater Luwero, which comprises the districts of: Luwero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola, ranks among the regions with the highest number of road fatalities, recording 233 deaths, of which 114 occurred in Luwero district alone.
Namayanja, who is the patron and founder of the Rose Namayanja Foundation, said, "The rising number of road deaths prompted my organisation to partner with traffic police to promote responsible road use."
She said motorists needed to recognise that careless decisions taken behind the steering wheel could cost innocent people their lives.
Traffic Police spokesperson Michael Kananura hailed the partnership, saying public awareness campaigns must go hand in hand with enforcement of traffic laws.
"As traffic police, we have already intensified operations to crack down on drunk driving and reckless driving," Kanaura said.
He noted that traffic police would continue enforcing traffic regulations to ensure that road safety violators are brought to book in a bid to save lives during the impending festive season.
During the same ceremony, taxi operators plying the Kampala-Gulu highway unveiled a new identification stripe for their vehicles, which they said would distinguish their taxis from others and promote discipline among themselves.
The group's chairperson, Faisal Lule, said the initiative was intended to make taxis plying the route easily identifiable while encouraging operators to maintain discipline on the route.