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The Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driving profession has been for a long time male dominated and Safe Way Right Way through its Professional Driver Training Project along with its partners is making an effort to change the narrative through offering HGV driver training to Women for free. Namoga Saima Jane is one of the beneficiaries of this offer. She got interested in this training and has just concluded her training in Medium Trucks at the Safe Way Right Way Driver Training Center in Mukono.

Namoga Saima Jane is a 43 year old mother of 2 a business woman, who is very passionate and enthusiastic about driving. “I started driving in 2006 and I have been able to do some driving jobs. I got interest in the driving of Heavy Goods Vehicles when I saw a lady of about my size driving a heavily loaded truck and thought to myself that if she can do it I can too”.  Says Jane. She found out about the Professional Driver Training from one of her colleagues who had done their training at the Safe Way Right Way Driver Training Center.

Jane started her training at the Safe Way Right Way Driver Training Center in February 2020 but due to some health problems she was not able to complete her training in time. However she was called back by the school when she had recuperated and has just completed her training in HGV driving class CM (Medium truck).  She is looking to advance to the CH (Heavy truck) driving class.

“Training by expert instructors is very important in the driving profession and I am happy to have got this opportunity to do this training at Safe Way Right Way”. Jane says the trainers at SWRW are very professional and friendly and always give their best for the participants. She says the training has been very smooth and she highly recommends fellow women and men interested in gaining high quality driving skills to enroll with Safe Way Right Way Driver Training Centre.

Jane advises those interested in driving Heavy Goods Vehicles most especially women to believe in themselves and keep challenging themselves in trying out new things like advancing to different types of vehicles because what Men can Do Women can do as well. “I hope I can be an example for many other women to come and do their training at Safe Way Right Way”

This training is made possible by our partners Employment for Skills and Development in Africa project and Transaid UK and supported by our Private Sector partners; Total Uganda Ltd, Total E&P, Bollore, Tullow Oil, Toyota Uganda and CNOOC.