Uganda's Authorities Are Not Prepared For Operation Kawunyemu

Courtesy photo

Cops are not prepared to continue tasks against drink-driving scratch named kawunyemu, as indicated by Mr Lawrence Niwabiine, the acting head of Traffic and Street Security.

Mr Niwabiine yesterday let this distribution know that breathalyzers, used to test a driver's liquor levels should be adjusted.

This follows the Service of Wellbeing (MOH) August 11 explanation.

"We have had point by point conversations in regards to utilization of breathalyzers to diminish street mishaps brought about by drivers affected by liquor among others," peruses part of the Wellbeing service explanation.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Service of Wellbeing instructed against the utilization regarding breathalyzers, because of a paranoid fear of spreading the infection.

"Following the critical decrease of Coronavirus cases, MoH has assessed the gamble of helping Coronavirus through breathalyzers and thinks that it is truly immaterial. Moreover, UPF [Uganda Police Force] has affirmed that every client will utilize a different fixed and dispensable cylinder to blow through the breathalyzer," peruses the assertion.

As per the 2022 Yearly Wrongdoing and Traffic/Street Security Report, 20,394 accidents were accounted for. Of which, 3,901 were lethal, 10,776 were serious and 5,717 were minor.

The report said the quantity of lethal accidents expanded by 16.9 percent from 3,757 of every 2021 to 3,901 out of 2022 while serious accidents expanded from 9,070 out of 2021 to 10,776 out of 2022.

The report said driving an engine vehicle while affected by alcohol is a typical offense and in 2021, there were 193 wrongdoers and in 2022, there were 124 guilty parties.

At the point when asked how they showed up at the measurements for tanked drivers as found in the 2022 report after MoH educated the police against the utilization with respect to breathalyzers, Mr Niwabiine said they had turned to the utilization of blood tests.

Segment 112 of the Traffic Signal and Street Security Act,1998, outlaws driving subsequent to polishing off more than the lawful liquor limit, which is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millimeters of blood (communicated as 0.08 percent of blood liquor content).

Ms Moreen Nakato, a driver, said: "When you are tanked, you can't have legitimate control of the vehicle, you might cause a mishap and pass on and in the process likewise you might kill guiltless individuals."