On
Sunday, January 24, 2016, I called at Kajjansi Police Station to see the
officer in-charge of Traffic Police with the purpose of seeing the Officer
in-charge over the CCCC trucks which work on Entebbe Expressway that are in
dangerous mechanical condition (DMC).
Unfortunately, the officer I found in office told me that the boss was
away and it was best that I talked to him over the issues.
I
returned to the Station a few hours after.
There were a number of officers in office. I told them that I was concerned that a
number of CCCC trucks did not have number plates; some do not even have
one. To this, the response I got was
that these vehicles have a number written on the front, in case of any
accident, that number can be quoted!
The
second issue I raised was that some of the trucks do not have head lamps, and I
wondered how they could leave these given that head lamps are used by drivers
at times as consent in giving way to other drivers. It is also true that these trucks are seen on
the road after 6.00 pm. The response I got
is that the trucks found after 6.00 pm are intercepted by police and are not
allowed to move on.
The
third concern I raise is that there is a route these trucks use connecting what
is locally known as Muchange trading centre to Entebbe Highway. The section near to the highway is so narrow
that if a truck got off, the damage it is capable of causing including deaths
may be great. The response I got from
the officers is that I got to the LC1 chairman, request for a letter showing
the seriousness of this matter and that alternative route proposed!
The
responses made my day. They were proof
that the traffic police is impotent as regards the operation of the CCCC in
Uganda, and on many occasions, it was clear that the Police have to beg the
Engineer in – charge over any issues to do with CCCC trucks!
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