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Eight of those companies own 0.501 hectares (1.24 acres) of the Old Taxi Park, which covers 3.53 acres. Before some of the plots were redeveloped, the Old Taxi Park measured 4.398 acres
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.
This comes amid growing laxity among members of the public with many vehicles now carrying more than the required number of passengers especially in Kampala, Wakiso, and other parts of the country.
The Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango warns passengers against being loaded in taxis that are already carrying the recommended capacity during these tough covid times.
The spokesperson of Kampala Operational Taxi Stages Association (KOTSA) Moses Birungi has now appealed to all taxi operators to follow the Standard Operating Procedures if they want to keep in business and stay alive.
Police has effectively today renewed enforcement of SOPs in partnership with the taxi industry leadership to ensure compliance so as to protect members of the public against COVID-19.