The report was presented by the Ugandan Minister of State for Works &Transport, Hon Bagiir, together with senior Ministry officials and members of Parliament who sit on the Committee of Infrastructure and Road Safety, and other road safety stakeholders.

Jean Todt, FIA President and United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety was in attendance for the presentation of the report detailing the findings of the survey that was conducted on the road safety situation in Uganda. This presentation was held at Hotel Africana.

A national team of experts conducted a review on the road safety situation in Uganda and produced a report with their findings, which was later submitted to His Excellency Yoweri Museveni the President of Uganda at the State House in Entebbe for consideration.

The project aims to assist developing countries in strengthening their road safety management system capacities and improving their national road safety records.

Uganda and Senegal were selected as the two pilot countries in the Africa region for the road safety performance reviews, which are carried out in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. These countries were selected at the request of their Governments based on the needs and on the Governments’ commitment to take action on improving road safety performance records and implementing United Nations road safety legal instruments.

AA Uganda (AAU) was involved in the study and contributed to recommendations in the report. AAU will be deeply involved in the training and road safety awareness campaign that will follow. There will be a review of the activities undertaken after six months.