Taxi operators in the greater Kampala area have demanded for the suspension of the ongoing plans to register taxis with an aim of streamlining their operations by Kampala Capital City Authority.
This came after the registration exercise failed to take place on Friday and Saturday after the operators turned up overwhelmingly to take part in the process.
Mustafa Mayambala, the chairperson of Uganda Transporters Development Agency (UTRADA) said: “We have not got any communication from KCCA since we arrived here. It looks like these people called us when they were not yet ready for this activity,”
Mayambala asked KCCA to suspend the registration exercise for the meantime to give enough room to educate and guide these taxi operators because most of them are not aware why they need to be registered.
“We don’t know what is exactly needed. There are a lot of things we don’t understand. They should as well bring all the service in one place. It seems these people were not ready because we reached the venue and there was no any sign of preparation,” said Mayambala.
He also raised the question of who is responsible for the personal protective wear to be used by the operators when they resume.
Mayambala noted that there is alot of information gap asking KCCA to find a way of fixing it otherwise things will not run in a disorganised way.
Ug Mirror learnt that KCCA had a closed-door meeting with the heads of different Taxi Operators Associations to find a way of addressing the main grievances raised by these people.
KCCA, communications officer, Peter Kaujju gave assurance that the exercise had started.
“We are happy to report that we are now set. The exercise has started at Kitante primary school. We decided to use two registration points and we shall bring the second one at Old Kampala SS ground,” said Kaujju.
Kaujju also assured the tax operators that all the personal protective wear shall be procured by them.
“They should be able to have temperature lens, sanitizers but we will work with them coordinating together with our health teams but in terms of provision and buying this personal protective wear. We expect them to buy them,” he said.
