Uganda, May 2 -- On April 17 2024, social media was awash with a video clip of a concrete mixer whose driver lost control as he approached the traffic lights at Nkumba on Entebbe Road. In the process, the truck hit a road island, overturned and fell on a saloon vehicle, killing the occupant.

Two days later, at the same spot on April 19 2024, the driver of a commercial minibus lost control and rammed into several vehicles. Fortunately, no fatalities were registered.

On April 27 at 3:13pm, Silver Kayondo, a motorist tweeted on his X handle, saying concrete mixers had become a menace on our roads. The accompanying photo showed a cement truck waiting at the traffic lights and next to it was a minibus and other saloon vehicles in the queue....