Tracker Uganda set to protect taxi vehicles
MANY taxi drivers have fallen prey to carjackers, who apart from robbing their passengers, take the vehicle, dismantle it into spare parts, which they later sell cheaply on the open market.
By Ricks Kayizzi
MANY taxi drivers have fallen prey to carjackers, who apart from robbing their passengers, take the vehicle, dismantle it into spare parts, which they later sell cheaply on the open market.
With Tracker Uganda Limited’s new initiatives, including availing
all taxi owners with a special and cost effective package, it is expected that things will never be the same again.
The package will basically include installing transponder units for
tracking down stolen vehicles, and offering support services in case the
undesirable happens.
“We want to remove the general feeling that these gadgets are a luxury and a privilege of only the rich. Every vehicle owner is expected to get a
chance to have the system installed in their vehicles cheaply,†Col. (Rtd) Rashid Khan, the firm’s general manager, says.
He adds that they will institute fair terms for taxi owners to pay
without constraining their financial resources.
Tracker Uganda Limited located on Tank Hill Road, Muyenga, brings
the most effective Post Theft Vehicle Recovery (PTVR) System this country has ever seen.
A licence holder in East Africa of LoJack International Network with over three million installations worldwide, Tracker Uganda are specialists in recovering stolen and missing vehicles.
“Many people were appaled by the high number of vehicles, which were being stolen daily. There was a general consensus that something needed to be done,†Khan says.
He adds that in early 2000, a number of vehicles were recovered in Uganda, which had been stolen in Kenya.
As the Ugandan Police was involved in the recoveries, they were impressed by the system and requested the Kenyan company to open a branch in Kampala in order to protect Ugandan vehicles. The rest, as they say, is now history.
By September 2000, Tracker Uganda office was operating and also fast penetrating the Ugandan market.
The company has since installed a radio frequency system that can be activated as soon as a their client’s vehicle is reported stolen. Their system enables them to track down the stolen car throughout sub-Saharan African.
In addition to a fleet of four surveillance and rapid response vehicles based at their office premises in Muyenga, Kampala, Trackers Uganda have aircraft stationed in both Uganda and Kenya, that take the search for a stolen vehicle into the air once they fail to locate it on the ground.
“We work closely with the police, and every time we are on a mission to recover a car, the police is informed and they are always more than willing to provide us with a back-up,†says Khan.
Ever since Tracker Uganda was established in Uganda, about 14 vehicles have been recovered. Currently, their success rate stands at a hefty 98%.
The latest case was of a vehicle registration UAE 970E, a Toyota Hilux 2.8D, belonging to Tropical African Bank, which was stolen in June 2003, and recovered in the afternoon on the same day.
Their 24-hour control centre connected to several hotlines, gives the opportunity to any of their client to call for help at the earliest sign of trouble, or after the theft.
The transponder unit is activated upon the firm’s verification of the particulars. They offer one of the cheapest and cost effective services on the market.
Transport and installation charges stand at about $445, while annual subscription to the service is $204.
When a customer adds the alarm system, their vehicle is secured from break-ins and petty thefts.
Khan who served in the Kenyan armed forces for 25 years, says the firm is privileged to engage in this noble cause of recovering people’s vehicles.
With their motto: ‘We Will Find It’, every one who loses a vehicle to thieves and is a client of Tracker Uganda should not lose sleep over the matter because they will definitely uncover the tracks of the robbers and eventually find it.
MANY taxi drivers have fallen prey to carjackers, who apart from robbing their passengers, take the vehicle, dismantle it into spare parts, which they later sell cheaply on the open market.
With Tracker Uganda Limited’s new initiatives, including availing
all taxi owners with a special and cost effective package, it is expected that things will never be the same again.
The package will basically include installing transponder units for
tracking down stolen vehicles, and offering support services in case the
undesirable happens.
“We want to remove the general feeling that these gadgets are a luxury and a privilege of only the rich. Every vehicle owner is expected to get a
chance to have the system installed in their vehicles cheaply,†Col. (Rtd) Rashid Khan, the firm’s general manager, says.
He adds that they will institute fair terms for taxi owners to pay
without constraining their financial resources.
Tracker Uganda Limited located on Tank Hill Road, Muyenga, brings
the most effective Post Theft Vehicle Recovery (PTVR) System this country has ever seen.
A licence holder in East Africa of LoJack International Network with over three million installations worldwide, Tracker Uganda are specialists in recovering stolen and missing vehicles.
“Many people were appaled by the high number of vehicles, which were being stolen daily. There was a general consensus that something needed to be done,†Khan says.
He adds that in early 2000, a number of vehicles were recovered in Uganda, which had been stolen in Kenya.
As the Ugandan Police was involved in the recoveries, they were impressed by the system and requested the Kenyan company to open a branch in Kampala in order to protect Ugandan vehicles. The rest, as they say, is now history.
By September 2000, Tracker Uganda office was operating and also fast penetrating the Ugandan market.
The company has since installed a radio frequency system that can be activated as soon as a their client’s vehicle is reported stolen. Their system enables them to track down the stolen car throughout sub-Saharan African.
In addition to a fleet of four surveillance and rapid response vehicles based at their office premises in Muyenga, Kampala, Trackers Uganda have aircraft stationed in both Uganda and Kenya, that take the search for a stolen vehicle into the air once they fail to locate it on the ground.
“We work closely with the police, and every time we are on a mission to recover a car, the police is informed and they are always more than willing to provide us with a back-up,†says Khan.
Ever since Tracker Uganda was established in Uganda, about 14 vehicles have been recovered. Currently, their success rate stands at a hefty 98%.
The latest case was of a vehicle registration UAE 970E, a Toyota Hilux 2.8D, belonging to Tropical African Bank, which was stolen in June 2003, and recovered in the afternoon on the same day.
Their 24-hour control centre connected to several hotlines, gives the opportunity to any of their client to call for help at the earliest sign of trouble, or after the theft.
The transponder unit is activated upon the firm’s verification of the particulars. They offer one of the cheapest and cost effective services on the market.
Transport and installation charges stand at about $445, while annual subscription to the service is $204.
When a customer adds the alarm system, their vehicle is secured from break-ins and petty thefts.
Khan who served in the Kenyan armed forces for 25 years, says the firm is privileged to engage in this noble cause of recovering people’s vehicles.
With their motto: ‘We Will Find It’, every one who loses a vehicle to thieves and is a client of Tracker Uganda should not lose sleep over the matter because they will definitely uncover the tracks of the robbers and eventually find it.