BARRICK Gold Corporation has donated alcohol testing equipment for drivers worth 100m/- to police.
The donation is part of the mining company’s campaign dubbed ‘Journey to Zero’ meant to encourage the society to pay attention to road safety at all times.
Kinondoni Regional Police Commander SACP Mtatiro Kitinkwi said that the support of modern alcohol testing equipment has been given at the right time when the force is continuing with strategies to detect and deter drunk drivers who are a major source of road accidents in the country.
"We thank Barrick for continuing to be among the main stakeholders in supporting road safety campaigns in the country and we hope that these devices will be used properly so that the intended goal of controlling drivers using excessive alcoholic beverages is achieved," he said.
He said that the police force through its traffic department will continue to provide moderate drinking education to drivers to ensure that many accidents caused by drunkenness are eliminated, calling on various stakeholders to support the efforts as the issue of safety affects every citizen.
Georgia Mutagahywa, Barrick corporate communications and country liaison manager, said that the support is a continuation of the miner’s ‘Journey to Zero’ campaign which aims to promote health and safety for its employees and all other stakeholders in the society.
"Our Journey to Zero campaign aims to ensure that all employees of the company are safe when they are at work until they return home; so, we have made sure that this campaign goes beyond the boundaries of the company to ensure that the whole society is safe and that is why we continue to support the government through police force to fight the challenge of road accidents,” she said.
"Barrick believes that these modern alcohol testing devices handed over to the police will help identify drivers who drive vehicles while drunk and take legal action to reduce the number of road accidents."
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