The police force has deployed over 1,000 traffic police officers on various highways in the country.

Talking to the media in Kampala, the commissioner of police in charge of traffic and road safety, Steven Kasiima said that they have beefed at deployment on the roads following the increasing road accidents during this Christmas season.

Kasiima says that the officers have been directed to reprimand passengers, drivers and vehicle owners who will be seen as perpetrating bad road usage.

Kasiima has asked the members of the public to cooperate with the police to rid the roads of bad users.

Yesterday, a semi-trailer crushed a taxi in Kampala and killed 5 people instantly and a traffic officer was on duty was also hit dead by a speeding vehicle along Kampala-Masaka highway at Katonga swamp.