Pedestrians are not important

If you ever walk in Bugolobi which is an area where the residents are supposed to be either wealthy people or those working international or big organisations, you will be surprised how the pedestrians there are treated. You would expect that as an organized place unlike many of our upcoming rich men’s slums as they are called, the roads should have sidewalks to enable pedestrians to walk without fear of being knocked down by a car. Pedestrians in such places should have somewhere on the road side which should be paved. In the developed countries, they have even developed cycle lanes to enable cyclists to have somewhere to ride safely.

What I have noted in Bugolobi is that most of the property owners have encroached on the road reserve and have either put a fence there or a natural hedge. The consequence now is that pedestrians must now walk in the road. It is common in the mornings and in the evening. If you passby Bandari rise and Princess Ann roads to see scared pedestrians hurrying to go to their workplaces in the industrial area not sure whether they will reach safely as the vehicles go past them. Jennifer can you implement the law or appear to implement the law. I know the city council has no resources but ask these wealthy people not to encroach on the road reserve and make sure that there is a sidewalk on these roads.

My students moving them moving from our Bugolobi annex towards bugolobi market, experience the same challenge.