Tag Archives: taxis

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Joint security task force team has resolved to deploy in both the taxi and bus parks to protect dozens of stranded passengers. With a few taxis and buses authorised to return to the road after securing route charts, dozens of passengers were forced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has reduced the number of taxis that will be allowed in each of the taxi parks in the city as it moves to enforce physical distancing in one of the areas known to have crowds. As part of the guidelines …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As public transport partially reopens on Thursday, 4th June, only registered taxis will be allowed on the road. The development comes after a decision was made during a meeting held on Tuesday between the Minister for Works and Transport, Edward Katumba Wamala, Kampala Ministers, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The registration of taxis by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has kicked off amidst chaos and poor coordination. The operators are protesting the lack of coordination in the registration process. In hundreds, the taxi operators converged at Old Kampala Secondary School and Kitante Primary Schools …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has issued its plan to start registration of taxis in Kampala. On Thursday, KCCA issued guidelines to taxis and boda boda operators ahead of the reopening of Public Transport next week on June 4th. Among the guidelines was the requirement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All city taxis will be assigned specific routes as they resume their operations on June 4, 2020, the Minister for Kampala Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi has said. She told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Thursday that they have designed routes for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has warned private car owners against turning their vehicles into taxis. Speaking today at the Uganda Media Centre, Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of the Uganda Police said they have reports of how private cars are now carrying people bringing them to Kampala. …

What it means for taxis, bodaboda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On average, each cross border truck driver in Uganda has contact with at least two sex partners per week, according to research. Given that over 31,588 long distance truck drivers are estimated by researchers to be living in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speakers from the five city divisions want the proposed transport guidelines by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA discussed by their councils before they are adopted. Through their umbrella, the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Speakers’ Forum, the speakers say they should be allowed to discuss the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi has disputed as untrue, suggestions that taxis will have to wait longer to return to Kampala after the lockdown is lifted. Amongi told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today that the document that …