Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has favorite the enchancment of a flyover alongside the Kampala–Jinja Toll road at Nama Sub-county, Mukono District, in a circulate geared toward enhancing pedestrian security for thousands of workers employed in the Mbalala Industrial Park.
The decision follows a passionate charm by Ronald Kibuule, used Affirm Minister for Water Resources, all around the president’s fresh tour of the Elevated Mukono Sub-subject. Speaking at the World Paper playground in Mbalala, the establish the president met with industrial workers, Kibuule relayed the workers’ fears concerning the awful avenue conditions.
“Your Excellency, the bazukulu have asked me to state you that the avenue is simply too slender for them to compete with heavy and rushing autos. Numerous of their colleagues had been knocked down and others left injured, in particular while crossing the avenue,” Kibuule talked about.
The stretch of avenue between Mbalala Buying and selling Centre and Namawojjolo has turn out to be a excessive-menace zone, in particular for casual laborers, who accomplish the bulk of the larger than 23,000 workers in the house’s factories. Most workers stroll to and from the factories on account of unaffordable transport prices and absence of entry to company-offered buses, which can be typically reserved for workers with formal contracts.
John Ssemuwemba, one amongst the factory workers, described the misfortune as heartbreaking. “It is painful to expect somebody who left house early in the morning to work for his or her family die in an accident. What’s even worse is that many families win no compensation,” he talked about, including that the avenue is even extra awful all around the rainy season.
In response, President Museveni instructed the Ministry of Works and Transport to urgently originate construction of the flyover and make stronger the total avenue portion via Mbalala. He furthermore favorite the set up of security lights to be obvious safer passage all over early morning and evening hours.
“We’re going to be obvious this portion of the avenue is improved and made safer for our workers. Installing lights and constructing a flyover will minimize these avoidable accidents,” Museveni talked about. Native leaders and factory workers have welcomed the choice, asserting it will establish lives and restore dignity for workers who play a extreme role in the country’s industrial growth.
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