Activist Calls For Compensation Policy For Road Accident Victims

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Uganda news January 14, 2023

Sam Bambanza, an activist and executive director of Hopeful Victims of Road Accidents, is calling for a compensation policy for accident victims. This call comes at a time when the country is experiencing a steep rise in road accidents.

The latest police report has showed that 79 people were killed in the first week of January 2023 and hundreds were severely injured.

Bambanza said the treatment of accident victims is quite expensive and is calling for intervention by the government. He said the government needs to come up with a compensation policy to at least cater for immediate expenses in case of emergency.

Additionally, he also hinted at a compensation policy for those who lose income in an accident. He saying they also need some assistance.

“Then, we also don’t have a compensation policy for those who have lost income. You may find one is government employed or employed by a company and you are permanently incapacitated and you will never work again,” he said.

He said if the country had such policies, it would cater for the lost income. This is by providing salary bills which are calculated by how much one has been earning before.

The 2021 annual crime and traffic road safety report indicates that over 4000 fatal road crashes happened. 1390 of these involved motorcycle riders while 528 were passengers on motorcycles.

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