Government has come out with mandatory testing exercise of all vehicles in the country as one way of addressing the increasing road accidents in a move to reduce road carnage on the roads. The Minister of Works and Transport Eng. John Byabagabi while addressing Journalists at Parliament said with effect from April 2016 there will be mandatory road testing of all vehicles including those of Government to remove all the DMC vehicles from the roads .

The minister said Government still has a lot of work to do in as far as road safety is concerned especially in the areas of sensitization which he said is still wanting in one way or the other. He noted that due to construction of good roads many drivers are over speeding and to his surprise even those with DMC vehicles drive them at a speed equivalent to that of a brand new vehicle hence causing accidents.

The mandatory testing will be done at the regional level and all busy towns in the Country as one way of making the exercise quicker and smooth. The country is currently having more than one million vehicles and 4 million motorcycles according to the minister of works John Byabagambi

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Talking to the media in Kampala, the commissioner of police in charge of traffic and road safety, Steven Kasiima said that they have beefed at deployment on the roads following the increasing road accidents during this Christmas season.

Kasiima says that the officers have been directed to reprimand passengers, drivers and vehicle owners who will be seen as perpetrating bad road usage.

Kasiima has asked the members of the public to cooperate with the police to rid the roads of bad users.

Yesterday, a semi-trailer crushed a taxi in Kampala and killed 5 people instantly and a traffic officer was on duty was also hit dead by a speeding vehicle along Kampala-Masaka highway at Katonga swamp.

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