Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The none harmonized road user fees among East African Community-EAC member states has raised concern among Ugandan freight forwarders. Ugandan trucks transiting through the central corridor (Dar es Salaam port) pay US$500 (Uganda Shillings 1.7 million), Kenya US$200, Rwanda US$150 and Uganda US$100 per truck …
Read More »KCCA set to resume collection of road user fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority is set to start collecting road user fees from passenger vehicles operating within its jurisdiction starting next month. A statutory instrument by the Local Government Minister last year shows that vehicles with a capacity of between seven to twenty people operating …
Read More »KCCA postpones implementation of road user fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has postponed the implementation of Road User Fees to next month. The charge is levied on passenger vehicles including taxis and buses. Last year, the cabinet made a resolution reinstating the charges that President Museveni had suspended in 2017 after taxi …
Read More »Government reinstates road user fees for taxis, commercial vehicles
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has reinstated operational fees for taxis and other commercial vehicles in Kampala city. In 2017, the government stopped Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA from collecting road user fees from taxis following complaints from the operators saying the charges were exorbitant. The operators used …
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