Tag Archives: traffic

London, UK | Xinhua | Drivers in Britain are to face fines and a risk to their driving licenses under stricter controls over the use of cellphones in their vehicles, the British Department for Transport (DfT) announced Friday. While it is already illegal in Britain to text or make a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Directorate of ICT has said that in the last three months, the installed security Closed Circuit Television-CCTV cameras have assisted to track-down and recover at least 600 vehicles involved in different crimes  in the country. Speaking to Journalists at the National CCTV command …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Records from the Traffic Department of the Uganda Police shows that most road accidents happen in December. Statistics of last year alone show 1,445 accidents were recorded in the 31 days of December translating into 46 accidents while 14 people died per day. Last …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A traffic police officer has been knocked dead along the Kamuli-Buyende road. Enoch Ndingidyeye, 30 was knocked on Friday by a sugarcane truck which he attempted to stop. The truck registration number UAM 405H was ferrying passengers from the Buyende district to areas in …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic was paralysed along Engineer Zhikusoka road on Sunday night in Jinja city following a collision involving a train registration number 73U 33 and cargo truck registration UAR 728E. The accident occurred at the railway crossing line blocking vehicles from crossing from either side. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public transport costs for passengers using the Kampala-Masaka highway have been increased after the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA technical team diverted traffic to carry out repairs on the failed sections of the road. A section of the Kampala-Masaka highway collapsed after culverts used to fix …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police has unveiled new uniforms for their traffic section. It is dark khaki, not the white they had previously. The uniforms were shown to the press by AIGP Asan Kasingye at a Joint Security Task Force press briefing on the General security situation …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police is restoring Curfew checkpoints with effect from tonight at 2100 hours. Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga, the Force Spokesman Fred Enanga says all roadblocks and barriers on roads leading into (and out of) the city for the enforcement of the curfew are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commuter taxi operators that have been operating outside gazzeted tax parks have agreed to relocate to the parks as part of UNRA’s effort to reduce traffic along the Northern bypass. UNRA recently said the creation of taxi stages out of the parks along the bypass …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has revealed plans to divert traffic at Naalya roundabout to allow for the ongoing expansion of the Northern bypass. UNRA’s media relations manager, Allan Ssempebwa says effective July 23, Kamuli road that leads to Naalya roundabout shall be closed and …