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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commuter taxi operators that have been operating outside gazzeted tax parks have agreed to relocate to the parks as part of UNRA’s effort to reduce traffic along the Northern bypass. UNRA recently said the creation of taxi stages out of the parks along the bypass …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe municipal council will start will online registration for taxi operators in the municipality. This stems from the on-going registration exercise rolled out by the government to streamline the public transport industry within the Kampala Metropolitan Area. Entebbe municipality town clerk Magumba says the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority will register an extra driver per taxi in the on-going exercise. According to the Works and Transport minister Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, taxi operators are now allowed to register two taxi drivers per taxi. When the exercise started on 30th …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators want Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to soften the registration process and include all drivers that do not have taxis. Last week, KCCA started registering all taxi drivers to get driving routes within the city. Each driver is supposed to provide a logbook …

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Taxi Operators in Kampala are struggling to implement Covid-19 preventive measures. The operators resumed work on Thursday following a three month’s suspension of public transport by government to contain the spread of Covid19. While lifting the suspension on public transport on Monday this week, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of taxi operators have failed to register in the ongoing exercise being conducted by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA over failure to fulfill what they call unfair conditions. Hundreds of taxi operators converged at Old Kampala Secondary School and Kitante Primary School on Wednesday …

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 Operational Taxi Stages Association (KOSTA) have asked to be included in all plans to develop transport in the city. The Association, formerly (UTODA) comprising of taxi drivers, owners and conductors on Friday appeared before the Parliament committee on National Economy where they said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators looked on helpless as excavation works kicked off in Old taxi park on Tuesday morning. Dozens of taxi drivers, conductors and other city dwellers surrounded the park gazing as graders excavated the ground in the park and loaded soil on trucks. By midday, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators are feeling the pinch following the ban on public transport as part of the measure against the spread of the coronavirus. President Yoweri Museveni banned public transport for 14 days on March 26th, 2020 to regulate the movement of people. Unlike their …