Boda boda riders launch e-commerce, digital loans platform
Returning students have been advised not to use boda bodas or taxisThe Union Transport Alliance (UTA), an umbrella body representing boda boda riders, taxi operators, bus...
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Dilapidated “Taxis” Flood Kampala Roads at Night After Daytime Crackdown
Dilapidated “Taxis” Flood Kampala Roads at Night After Daytime CrackdownTaxi conductors calling passengers at around 9pm at Kalerwe stage.Commuter taxis in dangerous...
Taxi Drivers Protest Enforcement Over Poor Mpererwe-Buwambo Road
Taxi Drivers Protest Enforcement Over Poor Mpererwe-Buwambo RoadTaxi drivers operating along the Mpererwe-Buwambo road have protested continued enforcement against vehicl...
“How were these still on the road?” Impounded taxis leave public wondering
For some of Kampala’s commuter taxis, the morning commute came to an abrupt end on Monday after traffic police launched a crackdown on vehicles whose mechanical conditi...
Hundreds of Passengers Stranded as Taxi Crackdown Bites
Hundreds of passengers were left stranded across the Kampala metropolitan area on Monday as traffic police launched a crackdown on commuter taxis in dangerous mechanical...
Gov’t Orders ‘Ganyegenya’ Taxis Off Kampala Roads From Monday
KAMPALA — The government has ordered dangerously dilapidated commuter taxis, locally described as “ganyegenya,” off roads in Kampala and surrounding districts from...
Traffic Police Impound Taxis Over Missing Blue Strips And Roof Luggage Carriers
Several commuter taxis, lacking the required blue strip and carrying roof luggage, were impounded during a joint traffic and Ministry of Transport operation on the Kampal...
Lake Bunyonyi: Residents Risk Their Lives as Canoes Remain the Only Transport Link
Lake Bunyonyi: Residents Risk Their Lives as Canoes Remain the Only Transport LinkFor thousands of people living on and around the 29 islands of Lake Bunyonyi, the lake i...
Taxi Driver or Potential Killer? Uganda’s Deadly Culture of Reckless Driving
KAMPALA — Fourteen people died in Lwera. Two more died days later in Kakira. Now, 11 commuter taxi drivers have been arrested for dangerous loading during a night opera...
Works Ministry Rolls Out Driver Demerit System to Curb Road Deaths
Winstone Katushabe, commissioner for road safety at the Ministry of Works and Transport addressing stakeholders in Kampala recentlyKAMPALA — Uganda has begun rolli...