Tag Archives: Taxi drivers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators in the Old Park that ply Entebbe road have defied a directive to relocate to Usafi and Kisenyi taxi parks. On Friday, the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Minsa Kabanda issued a directive that all taxis that ply Entebbe should relocate to …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some taxi drivers and boda-boda operators in Busia district have opted to cross to neighboring Kenya to buy petrol because of the hiked prices in the country. In Busia district, a litre of petrol at a pump fuel station costs between Shillings 4,530 and 4,610 …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used teargas and live bullets in Mbarara city to disperse taxi drivers and conductors protesting the demolition of their offices still under construction in the taxi park. The taxi drivers went up in arms when they saw a tractor deployed by the city …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers in Mbarara city are slowly returning to the park in anticipation of resuming work after the 42-days lockdown. At least more than 20 minibuses occupy the once empty taxi park. When President Yoweri Museveni announced the 42 days lockdown to contain the second …

Drivers abandoned the park because many passengers had difficulty walking from the city centre to Usafi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tens of taxi drivers have continued to operate outside Usafi taxi park years after it was constructed by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and commissioned for use. KCCA had directed …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers in Mbale City have opposed plans by City authorities to temporary relocate trucks to Kumi road Taxi Park to pave way for road works.  The Shillings 21 billion road works project is expected to begin in two weeks’ time and now the drivers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers in Kampala are accusing traffic police officers of extorting money from those found driving on routes other than those specified on their route charts. They reportedly target taxis with no displayed route charts on the windscreen. The government, through Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed taxi associations in the country to form one apex body for proper management and regulation. According to State Minister for Kampala Benny Namugwanya, the president is concerned that the numerous splinter groups and associations of taxi drivers and operators …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Live bullets and teargas have today morning rocked Busia town as security dispersed protesting taxi drivers. Since morning, officers from the police force, Local Defense Unit-LDU and the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces -UPDF have had running battles with drivers who were protesting against the …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers in Busia municipality have protested against the continued lockdown within the district. The continued lockdown is one of the measures taken by government to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Busia is among the border districts still under lockdown. The drivers …