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With immediate effect, the minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs has ordered all taxi and bus touts to leave the city. Those that fail to do so are to be hit with a fine of up to shs6m. They may also face a jail sentence of up to six months.
She gave this order as she laid out the city guidelines. These guidelines will abolish the illegal bus and taxi stages which have crowded the city.
Kabanda revealed that these touts had left the official boarding terminals and parks without passengers. This would then force them to look for passengers on the streets away from the designated transportation hubs.
“This is unacceptable and the trend should be reversed. Section 99 of the Traffic and Road Safety Act, 1998 as amended prohibits touting. The penalty for touting is a fine not exceeding 300 currency points (6 million) or to imprisonment for six months or both,” she said.
She also said such people extort passengers. The broker gives a high price and then takes the passenger to a vehicle charging less. At times, the passengers including children are abandoned after taking their money.
She, therefore, based on this information ordered the closure of all booking offices, kiosks and booking desks outside the gazetted parks.
“All brokers should be removed from bus terminals, taxi parks and the streets with immediate effect. The police and KCCA should immediately start enforcing these measures,” she said.
Police has arrested 30 people so far from around Button street, Ben Kiwanuka street and Rashid Kamis road as the operation has begun.
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