Following the opening up of public transport on 4th June, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the Ministry of Works and Transport started the process of registering all Commuter public transport operators to regulate operations of the industry.
This registration is being conducted at Old Kampala Secondary School and Kitante Primary School. These registration centers will be open until 30th June 2020.
As at 3rd June 2020 over 3000 Taxis and 500 Buses and their drivers/owners plying various routes in the country have been registered including those operating upcountry destinations across the country.
Kampala experienced a surge in the number of passengers who would like to travel upcountry because they are unable to continue living in the city due to economic impact of COVID 19 and the cost of living.
Considering that the curfew time has also interrupted the movements of Buses that had been travelling at night, government has noted some passengers sleeping in the parks and the public transporters failing to meet demands of the passengers.
For the above reasons, government has made a temporary waiver for public transporters plying upcountry routes who have not yet finalized registration to carry passengers for a period of three (3) days up to Monday 8th June 2020.
The waiver permit shall be authorized by the Resident City Commissioner (R.C.C) and KCCA team shall issue the permit from the parks to any PSV vehicle ready to transport the passengers.
