Masindi wants cyclist tax
Jul 01, 2004
MASINDI district chairperson John Majara has backed Kampala mayor John Sebaana Kizito’s call for the city and other local governments to continue levying bodaboda (cyclist) fees.
By Kyetume Kasanga
MASINDI district chairperson John Majara has backed Kampala mayor John Sebaana Kizito’s call for the city and other local governments to continue levying bodaboda (cyclist) fees.
Speaking during a district council meeting that passed a sh17b budget for the 2004/05 financial year recently, Majara said local governments countrywide were mandated to collect the fees.
“Bodaboda fees are one of the sources of local revenue gazetted in the Local Government Act, and anybody contracted to collect them but does not, should be prosecuted,†he said.
Media reports on Monday quoted the Kampala mayor as saying bodaboda fees would stay.
This followed President Museveni’s recent directive that the fees be abolished.
Majara said unless the law was amended, whoever did not collect the money would be committing an offence.
He said Masindi expected to raise about sh1.3m from the tax.
At least sh14b is expected in Central Government transfers, while sh840m would come from local revenue collections.
Over sh2b is expected from donors and non-governmental organisations, including United Nations agencies.
According to the district recurrent expenditure targets, the education and sports sector took 42%, followed by health with 22 %.
MASINDI district chairperson John Majara has backed Kampala mayor John Sebaana Kizito’s call for the city and other local governments to continue levying bodaboda (cyclist) fees.
Speaking during a district council meeting that passed a sh17b budget for the 2004/05 financial year recently, Majara said local governments countrywide were mandated to collect the fees.
“Bodaboda fees are one of the sources of local revenue gazetted in the Local Government Act, and anybody contracted to collect them but does not, should be prosecuted,†he said.
Media reports on Monday quoted the Kampala mayor as saying bodaboda fees would stay.
This followed President Museveni’s recent directive that the fees be abolished.
Majara said unless the law was amended, whoever did not collect the money would be committing an offence.
He said Masindi expected to raise about sh1.3m from the tax.
At least sh14b is expected in Central Government transfers, while sh840m would come from local revenue collections.
Over sh2b is expected from donors and non-governmental organisations, including United Nations agencies.
According to the district recurrent expenditure targets, the education and sports sector took 42%, followed by health with 22 %.