Daily Monitor
Wednesday May 05 2021
Summary
Motorists say the cost accruing from the fuel tax will result in the hiking of transport fare.
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Motorists who protested the reintroduction of annual road licence fee of Shs200,000 for vehicles and Shs50,000 for motorcycles will now pay more than twice after the government dropped the proposal for Shs100 tax on a litre of fuel.
Some motorists will pay 10 times more than the amount of money they would have paid in annual licence fees.
The government wants the fuel tax to fetch more from Shs196 billion.
According to the Daily Monitor calculations, motorists with a high mileage will spend as high as Shs16m annually after paying the additional Shs100 per litre on fuel.