{"id":42906,"date":"2023-01-10T16:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-issue-new-orders-for-bodas-bus-operators"},"modified":"2023-01-10T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:14:48","slug":"police-issue-new-orders-for-bodas-bus-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-issue-new-orders-for-bodas-bus-operators","title":{"rendered":"Police issue new orders for bodas, bus operators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police have issued new guidelines for boda bodas and bus operators.<\/p>\n

According to the guidelines, bus drivers are required to have badges with their details on them while boda boda riders have been advised to get proper licences.<\/p>\n

Addressing the media in Kampala yesterday, the Traffic police spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Faridah Nampiima, said the directives take effect tomorrow.<\/p>\n

ASP Nampiima urged owners of buses to submit the particulars of their drivers to the Ministry of Works and Transport so that they can get badges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis exercise started on January 6 and it will only last a week, thereafter, no bus driver will be allowed on the road without a badge,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The badges will consist of the driver\u2019s name, driving licence number, the company they work for, among others.<\/p>\n

ASP Nampiima said this will help traffic police officers trace the movement of buses and arrest drivers who cause accidents and then move to another company.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time the badge system has been introduced. A few years back, the Ministry of Works and Transport introduced the badge system for taxi and bus drivers. The badges were displayed in the vehicles at all times.<\/p>\n

The ministry later removed the system.<\/p>\n

ASP Nampiima said: \u201cPreliminary Traffic police investigations indicate that companies share route charts which is wrong. Every bus company must have an independent route chart for its buses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBus owners are reminded to operate their vehicles within the prescribed time on those route charts, no bus will be allowed on the road out of time,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Monitor<\/b> yesterday, Mr Solomon Nsiimire, the chairperson of Uganda Bus Owners Association, said the stringent measures will help deal away with fake drivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some people who access driving licences without thorough scrutiny. I call for more sensitisation of the public about road usage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As for the motorcycles, ASP Nampiima said it has noted with concern that boda bodas ride on the road with vehicle class licences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have three classes of motorcycles which include class A which is for motorcycles with cubic capacity exceeding 125cc and power exceeding 11 kilowatts, class A1 which is for motorcycles with cubic capacity not exceeding 125cc not exceeding 11 kilowatts and B1 class which is for motorised tricycles and quadracycles,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She directed traffic police officers to randomly check driving licences for three days which started yesterday and gave riders three days to renew their licences.<\/p>\n

The law<\/b><\/p>\n

The Traffic Road and Safety Act 1998 as amended is to consolidate and amend the law relating to road traffic; to provide for the National Road Safety Council and the Transport Licensing Board; to revise the penalties prescribed in relation to road traffic offences and for other purposes connected with road traffic and road safety.<\/p>\n

Accident statistics from January 1 to 8<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 340 road accidents were registered<\/p>\n

\u2022 59 crashes were fatal<\/p>\n

\u2022 175 were serious accidents<\/p>\n

\u2022 106 were minor accidents<\/p>\n

\u2022 324 were accident victims<\/p>\n

\u2022 79 people died<\/p>\n

\u2022 245 persons sustained injuries<\/p>\n

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