{"id":62047,"date":"2023-12-08T08:14:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T08:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/president-gives-city-bus-operations-deal-to-tycoon-katabazi"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T09:01:34","slug":"president-gives-city-bus-operations-deal-to-tycoon-katabazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/president-gives-city-bus-operations-deal-to-tycoon-katabazi","title":{"rendered":"President gives city bus operations deal to tycoon Katabazi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President Museveni has directed the Prime Minister to grant the monopoly to produce and operate public bus services in the Kampala metropolitan Area to an individual.<\/b><\/p>\n

In a November 20 letter to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja dated November 20, Mr Museveni directed that Mr Metu Katabazi, the proprietor of Metu Zhongtong Bus Industries, be given exclusive rights to operate public buses in the Kampala Metropolitan Area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to direct you to give exclusive permission to Mr Metu Katabazi to run Mass Transit Service for buses in Kampala and the surrounding towns using the buses he has fabricated in Uganda,\u201d President Museveni wrote.<\/p>\n

The Senior Press Secretary to the President, Mr Sandor Walusimbi, confirmed the letter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt (letter) is authentic,\u201d Mr Walusimbi said yesterday.<\/p>\n

Currently, the Kampala Metropolitan Area has no bus service system and relies on private 14-seater commuter taxis and motorcycles to carry passengers. However, the traffic congestion has reached worrying levels.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni said granting Mr Katabazi exclusive rights would empower Uganda\u2019s manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, it gives him more cash for expanding our manufacturing. Secondly, don\u2019t forget that foreign service providers, transporters, in this case, externalise some of the money they earn in Uganda. When, therefore, you have an actor that both produces the goods (vehicles in this case) and provides the service (transport), you shouldn\u2019t miss such an optimal combination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President said in the event Mr Katabazi would need more buses for the transport operations than those he can manufacture, he should only buy from Kiira Motors.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should never import foreign made buses to us in this transport business,\u201d Mr Museveni said.<\/p>\n

KCC tight-lipped<\/b><\/p>\n

The spokesman of Kampala Capital City Authority, Mr Simon Kasyate, couldn\u2019t comment on the letter, which he has also seen circulating online, because he didn\u2019t know its authenticity.<\/p>\n

Mr Kasyate said he needed to reach out to the KCCA Executive Director\u2019s office to establish its authenticity.<\/p>\n

When Mr Katabazi was contacted, he said he had heard about the letter, but couldn\u2019t comment about it since he had not received a copy yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t receive my copy. I cannot confirm whether it is genuine or not,\u201d Mr Katabazi said.<\/p>\n

He declined to comment on whether he has any plans to join the mass transit services in Kampala or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a businessman. You cannot expose your business ideas in the media,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cOn matters to do with the President, I cannot talk about them. You should talk to the President\u2019s Principal Private Secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fragile business<\/b><\/p>\n

Several privately and publicly owned bus companies in the Kampala Metropolitan Area have failed due to high operational costs, taxes, and stiff competition from other service providers.<\/p>\n

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