Tag Archives: Taxi drivers

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luweero DPC and RDC have rejected an appeal to block new taxi drivers who secured route charts to ply the Kampala-Gulu highway. On Thursday a section of leaders of taxi drivers plying the highway appealed to Luweero Resident District Commissioner Phoebe Namulindwa, District …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers from the border districts have resorted to using porous routes to operate. President Yoweri Museveni suspended the use of all public means of transport including boda boda, taxi and buses in 40 border districts to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Some of …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers in Busia have shifted their operations to neighboring districts. The development follows a continued government ban on public transport on border districts as a way of stopping the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Last week, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni allowed public means of …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Jinja Taxi Drivers and Operator’s Association -JITOA has asked President Museveni to adjust the curfew time. The diver’s body says the commencement of curfew times as announced by the President  limits them to one route or less per day.  The Association says if the curfew …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers plying the Eastern routes of Uganda have revisited the taxi fares as they prepare to resume operations. Public transport resumes tomorrow, June 4, after a move by the government to ease lockdown restrictions after more than two months of inactivity. Each vehicle will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Forces have warned taxi and other public vehicle-drivers against defying the regulations issued by the government concerning the fight against coronavirus disease. Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force said any driver who will be caught on the wrong …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Traders and taxi drivers are demanding for full time deployment of security operatives along Kanungu-Hamurwa road to stem the escalating cases of Highway robbery. Kanungu-Hamurwa road connects Kanungu, Rubanda and Kabale districts. The 50 kilometer road stretch is mostly used by traders to transport their …

VIDEO:Taxi Drivers Petition Kadaga Taxi drivers under their umbrella body Amalgamated Transport and Worker’s uUion are accusing city authorities of selling off the old taxi park to a private investor without their knowledge. This situation has forced the taxi operators to petition the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga asking MPs …

Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI | Taxi drivers under their umbrella body Kampala Operational Taxi Stages Association (KOTSA) have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga protesting the sale of the old taxi park without consulting them. The taxi drivers were accompanied by the unionized drivers and cyclists under the Amalgamated Transport …