By Juma Nsubuga
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) in conjunction with the Ministry of Works and Transport -Maritime department and Uganda Red Cross Society have held a three day sensitisation workshop on Search and Rescue from in Kanungu, Rukungiri and Kasese districts respectively.
Search and Rescue is a service rendered to persons in distress after an unfortunate air or water incident.
It is a national obligation which involves the utilisation of available resources to locate, remove and provide initial medical and humanitarian assistance to those in need.
According to UCAA manager-Public Affairs Vianney Mpungu Luggya, participants at the workshops included Local government leadership, representatives from Uganda Police, Security agencies, hospitals, schools, National Forest Authority, Uganda Prisons, Fisheries , Uganda Red Cross Society, media, Ministry of Works and Transport- Maritime UCAA among others.
Kanungu district Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Ambrose Mwesigye Amanyire together with his counterparts from Rukungiri and Kasese officially opened the workshops.
The RDCs thanked UCAA for organising the sensitisation workshops and emphasized the importance of community collaboration in emerg
They also urged residents to report emergencies through the proper channels and further urged participants to disseminate the information received during the workshops to other people in the districts.
UCAA has held similar sensitization workshops previously in Soroti, Pallisa, Ngora, Moyo, Adjumani, Kabale, Kisoro, Kaabong, Kaberamaido, Isingiro, Ntungamo, Kyotera, Masaka, Mukono, Kalangala, Buvuma, Kamuli, Nakasongola, Buliisa, Packwach and Zombo districts among others.
