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17 April, 2023

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Makerere University College of Engineering, Design Art and Technology-CEDAT, and the National Building Review Board-NBRB are equipping informal players in the construction sector with basic building skills, to reduce the construction site accidents.

In the recent past, the country has experienced many construction site accidents in which many people have lost lives. Research blamed hiring of non-professional laborers commonly known as Fundi’s and use of substandard building materials for the problem.

With its rapid growth, construction is among the most highly informal sectors in Uganda and unlike in very big projects, developers opt for non-professional labor since it is cheap and readily available.

Officiating at the at the second Fundi’s sensitization workshop in Makerere, Flavia Gutto Bwire, the NBRB executive secretary, said that it is very vital to equip these people with the basic construction skills because it saves them as individuals and the society for whom they construct these building.

This year’s training had up to 200 participants from Kampala district, but Gutto says there are plans to scale up the trainings to other parts of the country