Uganda Business News: KCCA takes over city taxi transport from UTODA

Ultimate Media

The Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association today finally reached the day they had always dreaded: the day when Kampala Capital City Authority took over revenue collection in different taxi parks.

KCCA officials today started collecting revenues from the taxi parks, marking and the end of Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers has managed the parks on behalf of KCC for more than 12 years.

This follows yesterday’s court ruling, dismissing an application by UTODA, challenging the decision by KCCA to take over revenue collection.

KCCA took over revenue collecting from taxi operators after refusing to renew the contract with UTODA.

KCCA officials have been heavily deployed in taxi parks together with the police .

The KCCA in-charge of revenue collection Patrick Mukalazi says the system of collecting dues daily has been cancelled and the taxi drivers will now pay a total fee of 155,000 shillings monthly.

Mukalazi says the drivers who are unable to raise the money now will be given a grace period of 2weeks and provisional documents to enable them access the parks.

He says this is being done to streamline revenue collection after many drivers complained about UTODA’s unclear and force revenue collection methods.

Mukalazi says that the taxi parks which are currently in a sorry state will be worked on, if the taxi drivers pay their dues in time.