Rethinking road safety: The untapped power of insurance in Africa
Several challenges, including low insurance penetration, must be overcome to realize the promising potential of insurance for improved road safety.
Tag: Boda Bodas
Motorcycles impounded by traffic police in Arua City
In 2022, according to the Annual Crime Report by the Uganda Police Force, boda bodas were involved in 43 per cent of all road crashes, leading to 1,422 deaths and 401 injuries.
Gulu City Council, URA tax collection ‘row’ continues
Stephen Omony is the manager of Lamogi Ber Bus terminal in Gulu City. He said in the previous years, they have been paying a tax of shs110,000 to the Council for resident buses and other buses outside Gulu.
Mapenduzi Foundation sets pages of saving for Gulu West boda-boda associations
Mapenduzi confirmed that the Foundation had deposited over shs52.5 million to the account of Pentagon Company Limited for 10 new motorcycles.
UPC wants Boda riders countrywide trained in traffic knowledge
According to the Police Annual Crime and Traffic Report of 2021, 1,390 motorcyclists died countrywide. In the same year, 4,159 road crash fatalities were recorded across the country.