Tag Archives: Boda-Boda

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Boda boda leaders in Kitgum municipality in collaboration with the police have launched operations against errant members violating curfew guidelines. The maiden operation conducted on Wednesday night saw 19 motorcycles impounded from various areas within Kitgum municipality. Patrick Ociti Laboke, the Speaker Kitgum Active Boda Boda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of motorcycles are still parked at various police stations in the Kampala metropolitan area, two weeks after a presidential directive for the release of all motorcycles impounded for flouting curfew guidelines. Uganda has had nighttime curfew restrictions since last year when the country …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new wave of aggression targeting security personnel by boda-boda riders operating past curfew time in Kitgum municipality has left the police stunned. At least three security officers implementing Covid-19 guidelines have been attacked and injured within Pandwong and Central division in the past one …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru Covid-19 taskforce has resolved to divert part of the Covid-19 vaccine doses meant for teachers to vaccinate boda boda cyclists in the district. This follows a directive by the Resident District Commissioner Geoffrey Oceng Osborn, to the health department to vaccinate the riders who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One in ten boda boda riders operating in Kampala are using cannabis, cocaine, crystal methamphetamine or other addictive drugs. This is according to a study by Makerere University. The researchers at the department of population studies say they interviewed and tested over 780 riders in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officers at Wandegeya police station have been accused of repeatedly impounding motorcycles from boda boda riders with the intention of extorting money from them. This came after an operation in which hundreds of motorcycles said to be operating without the required documents were impounded in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of various Boda Boda stages have accused police personnel attached to Police Posts in Kampala City of working with robbers operating on motorcycles. The accusations were made in an open meeting between Police officials and Boda Boda leaders. This follows several incidents where …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has postponed the operationalization of the boda boda free zone in Kampala. It has also denied reports that the authority is chasing boda bodas out of the city. Social media has been awash with messages that KCCA is working with …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has approved an annual fee of Shillings 48,000 for boda boda riders operating within the city. This is an increase of Shillings 28,000 set in the financial year 2020/2021. There are over 7,000 boda boda riders in Gulu operating under various boda …

  Boda boda riders in Karamoja want President Museveni to stop the pressure mounted on them by the companies that sold them motorcycles on loan Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of young people who have been earning a living through operating boda boda business in Karamoja have asked …