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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 taxis have been cleared to operate in greater Kampala Metropolitan area. Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has registered and issued route numbers to 13,301 taxis but 10,501 taxis so far have route charts and are allowed on the road. This means …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Works is unable to effectively enforce standards and quality of ongoing constructions due to the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19.  This is according to the State Minister for works Joy Kabatsi in a statement presented to Parliament on Thursday.  In …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government’s failure to register marine vessels across all water bodies in the country has led to the loss of up to 9.4 billion Shillings, according to a report by the Auditor General on the state of the marine sector. The Maritime Department of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport is finally moving to tighten controls over operations of public transport in Uganda, more than 18 years after government liberalized the sector. The latest move will streamline mechanisms for setting fair and reasonable transport fares on all the …