{"id":1382,"date":"2024-07-16T07:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T04:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2024-07-16T07:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T04:57:27","slug":"traffic-police-opts-for-community-engagements-to-end-road-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/traffic-police-opts-for-community-engagements-to-end-road-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Police Opts for Community engagements to end Road Clashes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KAMPALA-UGANDA:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Directorate of traffic and road safety has confirmed its commitment to ending Road Clashes with a number of sensitization activities done across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to&nbsp;this reporter,&nbsp;the&nbsp;spokesperson for the directorate of traffic and road safety at Uganda Police Force (UPF)&nbsp;SP Michael Kananura, said that&nbsp;a total of 1,126 engagements have been conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kananura&nbsp;said that 19 engagements were televised talk shows, 326 talk shows done on radios and 1,081 being physical engagements across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the period of half year from January \u2013June 2024, the Directorate of traffic and road safety has carried out a number of sensitization activities across the country targeting all road users who include taxi operators, bus drivers, lorry drivers, riders, pedestrians, school children, market vendors, churches and others. 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