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Maracha district woman MP Jennifer embarks on road safety campaign, urges users to exercise vigilance.


Mp Jenifer Driwaru addressing community members at Nyoro central stage on Sunday. Photo by Information is Power.


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         by maracani
Maracha district woman member of parliament, Driwaru Jenifer on Sunday embarked on road safety campaign to  locals a bid  to reduce on rampart cases of accident on deadly spots.
while addressing community members who included bodaboda riders, women and children at Nyoro trading center, mp Jennifer rallied community members and road users of tarmacked Arua koboko highway to exercise vigilance and always take traffic precautions while crossing over the deadly highway.
"Always watch movement of your friends while crossing the road, alarm him or her while  when you see a vehicle advancing and also don't forget to look left and right atleast twice before crossing over for you to have better judgement", Driwaru emphasized.
In Maracha district ,Nyoro trading centre is amongst accident blackspots on the Arua to koboko highway.
According to residents in the last 20 year, accident cases at trading centre has claimed over 25  lives with the most recent 10 th june 2023 been death of 17 years  old student from Maracha high school who was knocked and died on spot by a vehicle belonging to radio voice of life.
Beside the road safety campaign, Jenifer highlighted need for youths to join groups in their various parishes to benefit from parish development module.
"i encourage you to join PDM groups and start income generating activity such as local poultry, get some money from PDM invest in local poultry, month later when you sale, your life will not be as of today. Jennifer explained.
community members with gesture welcomed awareness saying the last sensitisation of the public about road safety measures was conducted in 2018 by then Oc traffic Florence Nyangoma who was since transferred.
A section of them have asked traffic department of the district routinely conducted their operations on the blackspots to reduce on accident cases especially during day period.
"The presence of traffic officer on places identified as blackspots such as Nyoro, okokoro, kijomoro, oleba especially during the day can partly help reduce on cases of accident in these place but here in Maracha our traffic officer always staging near river enve, with unclear motiveingoring places with high risk of accident,this gives prevelage for drivers to drive reckless"  aresident who preferred protection revealed.
 

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