Specifically Section 18 of the Act makes it mandatory for all employers to insure their workers against work-related accidents and diseases incurred in the course of their employment. According to the law, in the absence of insurance, if a worker dies in the course of their work, the employer is mandated to pay up to 60 months equivalent of the deceased’s salary to the family. However, Protazio Sande, the Director Planning, Research and Market Development at the IRA notes that poor enforcement of the insurance aspect has continued to undermine safety of workers. Speaking at a one-day training for news editors on coverage of the insurance sector in Entebbe on Friday, Sande partly blamed this on the fact that the enforcement mandate currently lies with the ministry of gender, labor and social development and not IRA.