Standard Chartered bank has come out to join hands with Uganda Sports Press Association(USPA) to organise the road safety campaign, the event organised by the sports journalists annually to remember their colleagues who lost their lives in the lines of duty around Lugazi while heading to Jinja
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In a press Conference organized at Standard Chartered bank headquarters at Speke road in Kampala.
Cynthia Mpanga who acts as the Corporate Affairs in charge said that they are doing this in order to solve the ongoing road accidents in the country, as many people have always lost their lives as a result of various factors like bad driving, talking on phone while driving among others.
“As Standard Chartered bank, we have Corporate Social Responsibilities and pledging to work with USPA gives us a special millage and we thank you for always partnering with us in each and every year running” Cynthia Mpanga said.
Stanchat is expected to join USPA to paint a Sick bay room in Mulago where road accidents victims are kept, just like last year Stanchat and USPA partnered with Nakasero Blood Bank to get blood.
The road safety campaign will take place on 24th August 2019 in Lugazi as it was last year as per the USPA president Patrick Kanyomozi.
This campaign started 18 years back when USPA lost four of its members who include; Simon Peter Ekarut, Kenneth Matovu, Leo Kabunga and Francis Batte Junior where travelling to jinja using the vehicle whiched crushed due to bad weather while approaching Lugazi town.
Standard Chartered Bank has given Uganda Sports Press Association(USPA) five million Uganda Shillings, in which this money is to be used to paint the Referral center in Mulago where most causalities are found as well as painting the two Zebra Crossings in Lugazi.
