Uganda, April 17 -- Details of the budget framework paper for the 2024/2025 Financial Year reveal a disturbing lack of funding for road safety initiatives in Uganda. This has sparked outrage from both parliamentarians and road safety advocates.

Mr Robert Kasolo, MP for Iki-Iki County and representative of the Parliamentary Forum for Road and Water Safety (PAFROWS) committee, warned that zero funding for road safety could lead to a significant increase in road crashes in the country.

"On a sad note, this [zero funding] takes us back to where we came from, where we are going to see people dying on roads everyday like chicken," Mr Kasolo said.

Kasolo made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting focused on advocating for proper road safety...