Ahead of the busy festive season, Letshego Uganda has donated 4000 reflector jackets to the Uganda Police department of Road Safety whose mandate is to enforce traffic and ensure safety for all road users.
In a media statement, the company said that road safety is one of the most pertinent community issues with 93% of the world’s fatalities on the roads occurring in low and middle-income countries. The company said that if not curbed, road traffic crashes and accidents are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death in the world by 2030- according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
While handing over the reflector jackets, Giles Aijukwe, the Letshego Uganda CEO said that the company has over years “established a firm and long-standing partnership with the Uganda Police Force in respect to road safety.
“Specifically for Road Safety, we started our partnership in 2018 with a contribution of 3000 reflector jackets to our traffic officers as they marshal the highways. I can assure you- Letshego’s commitment in this regard is unwavering,” he said.
Receiving the jackets, Lawrence Niwabiine the AG Director Traffic and Road Safety said: “Achieving lasting change in improved road safety requires government, private partners, civil society and the community to work together. I am particularly gratified with Letshego Uganda for their commitment to this cause and playing their part diligently- they’ve been our partner since 2017.”
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“The reflector jackets will enable our officers to be visible from afar to maintain traffic rules and guidelines. These reflectors will immediately be dispatched to Regional Traffic Officers and stations countrywide,” he added.
Mr Aijukwe said that Letshego has transformed its services, going fully digital, enabling customers to self-service.
“As we continue to embark on transforming our service offering to our customers countrywide, we have now officially gone DIGITAL. We introduced the Digital Mall, an online platform (downloadable from Android, and iOS stores)- a simple, quick and reliable approach for our clients to access financial support from the comfort of their homes/offices in real-time. These strides in digitization are intended to accentuate our service offering,” Aijukwe stressed.
