Members of Parliament have referred to as for the institution of fireside brigade departments on the totally different regional police stations throughout the nation as a way to forestall destruction of property and lack of life in circumstances of fireside.
The proposal follows a hearth arising after a gasoline tanker overturned in Kigogwa city alongside the Kampala-Gulu freeway, claiming the lives of 15 folks and destroying property on Tuesday, 22 October 2024.
Hon. Betty Ethel Naluyima (NUP, Wakiso District Woman Representative) stated that the provision of fireside brigade stations would have effectively mitigated the antagonistic results of a fireplace that claimed lives and gutted outlets.
“My prayer is that we’ve got hearth brigades at totally different factors countrywide as a result of we can’t hold counting on the Kampala station. The one and a half hours it took Police to barter their solution to the scene, would have saved so much if it was nearer,” Naluyima stated throughout a plenary sitting held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024.
“Let us have steady campaigns on how you can deal with highway accidents, particularly with gasoline vans. This incident would have been prevented if folks had been conscious, however they sadly rushed to siphon gasoline,” Naluyima added.
While chairing the sitting, the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, alluded to related incidents that occurred in 2021 in Namungoona, and in 2019 in Rubirizi, and referred to as for continued sensitisation of the general public concerning the risks of siphoning gasoline.
“Such incidents level to the necessity for sensitising our locals on public security throughout such incidents,” Among famous.
Hon. Paulson Luttamaguzi (DP, Nakaseke South County) urged the House to contemplate price range allocations to allow Uganda Police arrange hearth brigade stations throughout the nation.
“I suggest that within the subsequent price range, we make it a necessity that each regional police station ought to be geared up with a hearth brigade automobile. Our time of lamentation is over, we’re Members of Parliament and we will do this,” Luttamaguzi added.
Hon. Jonathan Odur (UPC, Erute County South) urged authorities to provoke a means of re-inspecting all gasoline tankers transporting gasoline across the nation, with a view of guaranteeing security requirements.
“Many tanks are fabricated for various functions right here in Kampala, for instance, to ferry water. But due to challenges within the enterprise surroundings, they’re became gasoline tankers. For one to move gasoline, there are requirements that have to be met to maintain excessive circumstances like accidents,” Odur stated.
Bukoto County East MP, Hon. Evans Kanyike urged related authorities businesses to implement the Presidential directive halting gasoline vans from driving via Kampala Metropolitan Area throughout day time.
The Speaker tasked authorities to hold out an intensive investigation on the incident and current a report, on security measures to curb the reoccurrence of such accidents.
The Government Chief Whip, Hon. Denis Hamson Obua, stated related authorities ministries will likely be tasked with investigating the matter in relation to issues raised by Legislators.
“One is the Ministry of Works and Transport on highway security, the Ministry of Energy on the rules referring to gasoline vans and the Ministry of Internal Affairs that can examine the circumstances surrounding the accident,” stated Obua.
