KAMPALA: Road safety activists have blamed the increasing number of road crashes on the short duration of training offered to the drivers- usually three to four weeks.
According to the police traffic and road safety directorate, reckless overtaking, over speeding are among the notable contributors to the road crashes recorded in 2025. These figures are contained in the Police Annual Crime Report released in Kampala on Monday.
Mr. Ndugu Omongo, the Executive Director Uganda Professional Driver Network (UPDN) tells KFM that to address this challenge, the government needs to partner with organizations that manage driver behavior.
He says, it is unfortunate that speeding is singled out as the leading cause of road crashes, at a time when the Express Penalty Scheme (EPS) is temporarily suspended.
“We call upon the government to expatiate the process stakeholder consultation and regazzating the speed limit regulations, for Uganda automated speed enforcement is key”, Omongo said.
According to the monitor EPS was suspended on 12th june 2025 for one month in order to engage all the all the concerned groups to resolve the bottle neck of its implementation
The activists are also calling on the government to expedite stakeholder consultations focused promoting awareness about traffic regulations.
According to the annual Traffic and Road safety report released yesterday, police registered over 322,000 cases in 2025 compared to 426,000 in 2024, marking a 24% decrease.
Ndugu Omongo, the Executive Director of Uganda Professional Drivers’ Network, a non-governmental organization working with driver trainers, employers and government to create road safety awareness, notes that, this decrease is insignificant.
He says more needs to be to address key driver behavior factors.
“It’s all upon us and not only for our members of parliament to talk about it when they lose their loved ones or prominent business community members,” Ndugu said.
