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Published on 2026-09-02 07:16:00
The crackdown on mechanically defective vehicles saves lives in more ways than one: beyond preventing accidents, it also clears the air of toxic fumes that quietly wreck our health, experts have warned.
This publication’s analysis of data from AirQo, Africa’s air quality monitoring network founded at Makerere University, shows that air quality in the Kampala Metropolitan Area improved by around 12 percentage points amid the crackdown on the defective vehicles.
The monitors installed by AirQo in different parts of the city determine air pollution by measuring tiny pollutants…
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