Members of Parliament have known as for the institution of fireplace brigade departments on the completely different regional police stations throughout the nation so as to stop destruction of property and lack of life in circumstances of fireplace.
The proposal follows a fireplace arising after a gasoline tanker overturned in Kigogwa city alongside the Kampala-Gulu freeway, claiming the lives of 15 individuals and destroying property on Tuesday, 22 October 2024.
Hon. Betty Ethel Naluyima (NUP, Wakiso District Woman Representative) mentioned that the supply of fireplace brigade stations would have effectively mitigated the hostile results of a fireplace that claimed lives and gutted retailers.
“My prayer is that we’ve hearth brigades at completely different factors countrywide as a result of we can’t preserve counting on the Kampala station. The one and a half hours it took Police to barter their method to the scene, would have saved quite a bit if it was nearer,” Naluyima mentioned throughout a plenary sitting held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024.
“Let us have steady campaigns on how you can deal with street accidents, particularly with gasoline vehicles. This incident would have been prevented if individuals had been conscious, however they sadly rushed to siphon gasoline,” Naluyima added.
While chairing the sitting, the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, alluded to comparable incidents that occurred in 2021 in Namungoona, and in 2019 in Rubirizi, and known 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 fireplace brigade automobile. Our time of lamentation is over, we’re Members of Parliament and we are able to try this,” Luttamaguzi added.
Hon. Jonathan Odur (UPC, Erute County South) urged authorities to provoke a strategy of re-inspecting all gasoline tankers transporting gasoline across the nation, with a view of making certain 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 setting, they’re become gasoline tankers. For one to move gasoline, there are requirements that have to be met to care for excessive situations like accidents,” Odur mentioned.
Bukoto County East MP, Hon. Evans Kanyike urged related authorities businesses to implement the Presidential directive halting gasoline vehicles from driving by Kampala Metropolitan Area throughout day time.
The Speaker tasked authorities to hold out a radical 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, mentioned related authorities ministries will likely be tasked with investigating the matter in relation to considerations raised by Legislators.
“One is the Ministry of Works and Transport on street security, the Ministry of Energy on the rules referring to gasoline vehicles and the Ministry of Internal Affairs that can examine the circumstances surrounding the accident,” mentioned Obua.
