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PWDs ask for increased involvement in government projects
Tuesday June 01 2021
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People with disabilities in Uganda have asked government to always consider them in all poverty eradication projects intended to develop Ugandans.
The Uganda National Action on Physical Disability (UNAPD) executive director, Mr Apollo Mukasa noted that on several occasions, disabled people are disregarded when government and development partners come out to give support Ugandans. We are always left out in these government programmes and yet we also want to benefit and develop through them, he said during stakeholders’ workshop in Kampala where disabled persons under their umbrella body, UNAPD narrated the hardships and suffering they undergo when they try to approach both local government agencies intended to fight poverty.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 25 2021
One of the PWDs using the road during the Audit process of Namirembe road on May 23, 2021. Photo/ Jessica Sabano
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Persons with disabilities have asked government to establish modernised Zebra crossings in, especially, cities to help them avoid accidents.
Mr Ronald Luyima, a member of National Assessment Audit Team (NAAT) said they need to have modernized Zebra crossings with an audialised control panel that is able to make sound to alert road users.
He also said that the pavements are faded in that a person with failing vision cannot differentiate them from the main road.
“Some people have been involved into road accidents because the pavements are not provided with contrasting colours, Mr Luyima said during the closure of the Global UN safety week in Kampala on Sunday.