Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders are counting losses after a Bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. It was transporting more than …
Read More »Kiira Motors unveils Kayoola EVS bus at Uganda – Tanzania business forum
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDPEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) has unveiled the all-electric Kayoola EVS Model 2024 at the ongoing 2nd Uganda – Tanzania Business Forum at Johari Rotana Hotel in Dar es Salaam. The Kayoola EVS is a fully electric low-floor bus specifically designed for Urban Mass …
Read More »Gov’t to Meet Bus Operators Over Fares Ahead of Christmas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport is set to meet transport operators in a bid to regulate unnecessary hikes in public transport fares ahead of the festive season. Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala said his Ministry will convene a meeting with leaders of the Uganda Taxi …
Read More »ISINGIRO: Bus accident claims seven lives
Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven people have been confirmed dead in a road accident that happened at Kyeirumba along the Mbarara-Isingiro Road last evening. A bus registration number UBG 812K, belonging to Global Bus Company, that was heading to Kikagate is said to have collided with a Mbarara-bound Fuso …
Read More »Bus operators, Local Government in talks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After three days of a bus strike that paralysed transport operations across the country, the bus operators and the Local Government reached an understanding to hold talks. Bus operators were perturbed over KCCA’s decision to levy a Shs2.4m million park user fees which they considered …
Read More »Pupils lose property as bus catches fire
Ngora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventy pupils of Pallisa Girls Primary School in Pallisa district are counting losses following an inferno that razed down the bus they were traveling on. The pupils with their teachers were returning from a music festival held in the Serere district. They were traveling by …
Read More »Save us from exploitative bosses – Bus Drivers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bus drivers in Uganda, under the umbrella body Uganda Bus Drivers Association (UBDA), have expressed their grievances regarding exploitation by their employers. Some drivers claimed that despite working for bus companies for more than 20 years, they have not received any contributions to their National …
Read More »Bwaise transit terminal developers seek Govt funding
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The developers of the Bwaise transit terminal in Kawempe division in Kampala are seeking government funding to complete the project. The terminal is intended to accommodate taxis and buses from various regions, including northern Uganda, Kayunga-Bugerere, and Kiboga on Hoima Road. The Bwaise terminal …
Read More »Bwaise bus terminal to open in August
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bwaise bus terminal park is set to open at the end of August as part of efforts to ease traffic in Kampala. The terminal is among the four that had way back been conceived by the then Kampala City Council now Kampala Capital City …
Read More »Kalita abandons service along Northern Bypass route
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kalita Bus Company abruptly abandoned its commuter passenger operations along the Northern bypass hardly a year after. The company, which was using electric buses built by Kiira Motors Corporation started operations along the route around late August and early September last year. There was excitement …
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