Upcountry transport fares up
TRANSPORT fares, especially for upcountry, have increased further as Christmas draws nearer.
By Chris Kiwawulo
TRANSPORT fares, especially for upcountry, have increased further as Christmas draws nearer.
Fred Zzinga, a bus conductor at the Baganda Bus Park, said transport charges from Kampala to Rukungiri were sh20,000 from sh12,000.
Musa Opio, a retired UPDF soldier based in Lira town, said a fare to kitgum was increased from sh18,000 to sh20,000.
Uganda Bus Operators Association director Asuman Jjunju said a fare from Kampala to Mbarara was increased from sh8,000 to sh10,000.
Fares to Soroti, Gulu, Lira and Arua from Kampala go for 20,000 from sh12,000.
He said the fares would remain high throughout the festive season because there were no passengers returning to Kampala.
Jjunju said this would compensate the fuel drivers use to drive back to Kampala.
“When buses take passengers, for example, to Mbarara, they are driven back to Kampala empty because there is nobody returning†said Jjunju.
Joseph Luyima a taxi driver on the Kampala-Mbale stage, said the fare was increased from sh6,000 to sh10,000.
TRANSPORT fares, especially for upcountry, have increased further as Christmas draws nearer.
Fred Zzinga, a bus conductor at the Baganda Bus Park, said transport charges from Kampala to Rukungiri were sh20,000 from sh12,000.
Musa Opio, a retired UPDF soldier based in Lira town, said a fare to kitgum was increased from sh18,000 to sh20,000.
Uganda Bus Operators Association director Asuman Jjunju said a fare from Kampala to Mbarara was increased from sh8,000 to sh10,000.
Fares to Soroti, Gulu, Lira and Arua from Kampala go for 20,000 from sh12,000.
He said the fares would remain high throughout the festive season because there were no passengers returning to Kampala.
Jjunju said this would compensate the fuel drivers use to drive back to Kampala.
“When buses take passengers, for example, to Mbarara, they are driven back to Kampala empty because there is nobody returning†said Jjunju.
Joseph Luyima a taxi driver on the Kampala-Mbale stage, said the fare was increased from sh6,000 to sh10,000.