Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police impounded 212 taxis and 47 buses in Kampala Metropolitan Area on the very day they returned to the roads for flouting new rules for their operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Yoweri Museveni lifted the ban on public …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2000 travelers spent Thursday night in city Taxi and Bus parks across Kampala due to curfew restrictions. According to the officials of Namayiba Bus Terminal, USAFI and New Taxi Parks, hundreds of travelers couldn’t get transport means to their destinations because of …
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KCCA PLAN 🔵 Register Boda Bodas and Taxis operating in the City 🔵 Creating a digital data base of those operating in the City 🔵 Gazette Parks, stages, routes and stops for taxis and Boda Bodas 🔵 Introduce route numbers and rout colors for all the taxis 🔵 Identification of drivers/riders …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 taxis were impounded in Kampala on Thursday over lack of route charts. The drivers were found loading passengers at gazetted and non-gazetted parks yet they had not registered with Kampala Capital City Authority –KCCA and the Ministry of Works to secure …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several passengers were on Thursday morning left stranded as public transport resumed two months after PSVs were thrown off the roads as the country made attempts to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The ban was lifted earlier this week and according to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has reduced the number of taxis that will be allowed in each of the taxi parks in the city as it moves to enforce physical distancing in one of the areas known to have crowds. As part of the guidelines …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of taxi operators have failed to register in the ongoing exercise being conducted by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA over failure to fulfill what they call unfair conditions. Hundreds of taxi operators converged at Old Kampala Secondary School and Kitante Primary School on Wednesday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As public transport partially reopens on Thursday, 4th June, only registered taxis will be allowed on the road. The development comes after a decision was made during a meeting held on Tuesday between the Minister for Works and Transport, Edward Katumba Wamala, Kampala Ministers, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The registration of taxis by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has kicked off amidst chaos and poor coordination. The operators are protesting the lack of coordination in the registration process. In hundreds, the taxi operators converged at Old Kampala Secondary School and Kitante Primary Schools …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The on-going renovation works at the 0.9 km Queensway road that stretches from the Queens Tower to Kibuye round about will cost an estimated Shillings 2.4 billion. Abubaker Technical Services are undertaking the works on a retainer contract having been contracted at 31.5 billion Shillings …
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