Speaker Anita Among has urged the government to revive mandatory inspection of vehicles in Uganda in order to reduce on road crashes instigated by vehicles in poor mechanical conditions. This comes after a road crash that happened yesterday April 18th, at Entebbe -Expressway in Wakiso where one person lost his life.

The accident happened after a cement mixer truck rammed into a saloon car at Nkumba University traffic lights. The driver of a cement mixer truck registration number UAN 836D is said to have lost control, the truck later fell onto a Mitsubishi RVR registration number UBQ 371P in the morning of April 18th in Wakiso District.

The deceased was identified as Okoit Raphael ,34, a lawyer working with MALDEF Advocates and a resident of Seeta who was also a lecturer at Uganda Christian University.

While in Parliament today, Kabula County Legislator, Hon Enos Asiimwe noted that the tentative cause had to do a lot with the truck that lost control, where he asked to know what happened to regular inspection of vehicles to determine their roadworthiness. Hon Asiimwe was quick to say that people are having trucks that are out of control hence requested the Ministry of Works and Transport help to answer what are their plans for regular inspection ofvehicles.                                                                                                                                       

The Speaker Among responded by urging the government to revive mandatory inspection of vehicles in Uganda to reduce on-road crashes instigated by vehicles in poor mechanical conditions.