Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business came to a standstill in sections of Jinja city’s industrial area after five trucks got stuck at different points along Factory Street, in Masese ward, in the southern division. This follows heavy rains, which filled up giant existing potholes, that drivers accidently drove …
Read More »DRC Elections: Cargo trucks stuck at Mpondwe
Mpondwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closure of the Uganda- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border at Mpondwe has left dozens of trucks stranded. DRC closed its border on Tuesday following the Wednesday general elections. Although the Kinshasa government declared that the border closure would take only 24 hours, …
Read More »Ugandan drivers protest as South Sudan holds onto impounded maize trucks
Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan truck drivers have staged a peaceful protest at the Elegu border point in Elegu Town Council in Amuru District demanding the release of their colleagues and trucks impounded by South Sudan authorities. This follows nearly two months of fruitless negotiation between the Ugandan …
Read More »‘Create parking zones for trailers’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has been advised to establish parking zones for trucks to avoid congestion on major highways and at border points. Busia Municipality Member of Parliament, Macho Geoffrey raised a matter of national importance during the plenary sitting on Thursday, 19 January …
Read More »EBOLA: Museveni issues new directives on trucks, bodas
President says tourists don’t have to cancel their visits to Uganda as the Ebola outbreak is localized to only 6 out of the country’s 146 districts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has banned trucks carrying timber logs from entering or leaving Mubende and Kassanda districts the epiceter …
Read More »Trucks pile at Elegu border following protests in South Sudan
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of trucks have piled up at Elegu border point in Elegu town council, Amuru district following violence that erupted across the South Sudan border town of Nimule on Monday. Traffic came to a standstill for the better part of Monday after angry locals staged …
Read More »Security stops trucks crossing to DRC as M23, FARDC clash
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has stopped trucks crossing Bunagana border in Kisoro district to the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the intense clashes between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in Rutshuru territory. Heavy fighting broke …
Read More »Fires to warm homeless new danger to trucks on Kampala-Jinja highway
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and transporters for inflammable goods are getting increasingly concerned over the unchecked fire places set up along Kampala-Jinja Highway by unknown people during night hours especially in Mukono Municipality. Fire is lit every night particularly at the mayor’s clock located along Mukono-Jinja-Bugerere junction …
Read More »PM Nabbanja suspends Malaba weigh bridge operations
Malaba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has suspended the operations of the weighbridge at the Kenya Uganda Malaba border to help to reduce the pile-up of trucks at the border. The Prime Minister made an impromptu visit at the Malaba border on a fact-finding mission …
Read More »Thugs steal goods worth sh20 Million from moving cargo truck
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua are hunting for a group of thugs who broke into a moving cargo truck belonging to California Bus Services and made off with goods worth over Shillings 20 Million. The thugs reportedly timed the Fuso truck registration number UAJ 797M at …
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