Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activities at the Bwaise taxi park came to a halt due to a clash between the outgoing leadership and the newly appointed leadership that was scheduled to be sworn in on Monday morning. In December last year, over 300 taxi drivers and conductors from various …
Read More »Taxi park officials stuck with 200 bags left behind by travelers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administrators of the new taxi park are stuck with over 200 bags and 8 mattresses left behind by travelers from different parts of the country. Officials say they have kept some of the luggage since the government reopened the economy in January this year …
Read More »New-look Old Taxi Park finally opened
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has finally opened the newly renovated Old Taxi Park in Kampala, close to two years since it was closed for refurbishment. Uganda’s biggest taxi park, used by over 200,000 passengers daily, was closed for renovation shortly after the March 2020 national wide lockdown …
Read More »Mbarara taxi drivers protest demolition of their office premises
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 …
Read More »Kampala’s Old Taxi Park razed to the ground
KCCA PLANS 🔵 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 …
Read More »Mukono taxi park land sold to private developer
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal taxi park land has been solved off to a new developer without the knowledge of the municipal authorities. The taxi park operates on Kyaggwe block 530 plot 1-17 in Total ward along Kamapala-Jinja highway. The land belonged to the family of the late …
Read More »Arua modern taxi park complex unveiled
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A modern Taxi Park complex has been opened in Arua Municipality. The complex consists of two storied buildings with space for close to 120 lockup shops, a supermarket, a restaurant and a paved area with a parking capacity of up to 50 taxis at ago. …
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