President Museveni during his speech on Friday directed transport facilitators to carry 100% capacity again as the norm had been. This is good news to both the facilitators and the customers because it means a lot of things. This means especially for the customers, transport fares are going to reduce. For the facilitators, they will not have to wrestle to ...
Read More »![[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the norm is, transport fares have already been increased as Christmas draws close. Every year in December, transport becomes another thing and it seems as though places have become further. Regardless of the complaints from customers, nothing has ever been done about this. Much as the government is called upon to step in, they too seem as if they have no power to do something. These transport fares normally affect people who want to go to villages in further places. Fares double and sometimes even triple according to circumstance. This time around, the condition is even worse due to scarcity of fuel which has made it very expensive in the end. Obviously, now fuel has become an excuse for transport to even be hiked the more. There is a letter making rounds on social media from Uganda Bus Owners Association, UBOA. This letter shows some of the prices to places and it's just insane how high they are. For example, 65,000 to Adjumani, 85,000 to Kotido, 65,000 to Nebbi among others. In the letter, it indicates that the reason behind this is fuel prices plus Covid measures of carrying half of the required number in the bus. Certainly, people will have to travel, but most definitely not as they usually do. The truth is, every end is right, that is; the bus owners and the passengers. However, there needs to be a balance between them. This balance can only be implemented by government under the Ministry of Works and Transport. Check Also; Innovators Ask Government To Support Their Solution To Rising Fuel Prices Festive Week, How You Can Enjoy It Amidst COVID-19 No Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate, No Celebrating Festivities](https://i0.wp.com/newslexpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/BUS.jpg?resize=300%2C160&ssl=1)
As the norm is, transport fares have already been increased as Christmas draws close. Every year in December, transport becomes another thing and it seems as though places have become further. Regardless of the complaints from customers, nothing has ever been done about this. Much as the government is called upon to step in, they too seem as if they ...
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Mbarara City North MP Hon. Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari has received a one-week ultimatum to show evidence of purchase of Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) land. He received the ultimatum from Members of Parliament on the Statutory Authorities and State Enterprise (COSASE). This comes after Hon Rukaari said he had forgotten the bank through which he made the payments during a court ...
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Statistics from the Police show that 20,000 road accidents happen every year. Road safety in Uganda has apparently remained a very big concern. Not a single day has passed without hearing a report on lives lost in a road accident. The number of road accidents every year only implies over 2000 deaths, due to reckless driving by undisciplined passenger service ...
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Passengers aboard the Uganda Airlines plane were last evening delayed at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar-es Salaam. This went on for a few hours after the plane ran out of fuel. The airlines blamed the delay on the mix-up in fuel delivery to the aircraft at the airport. ‘’Allow us to apologize for the prolonged delay at Julius Nyerere ...
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