Pioneer Easy Bus contract suspended

By Apollo Mubiru

The Parliament's committee on Public service and Local government Friday suspended Pioneer Easy Bus Company Ltd operations until a new contract signed.

The committee halted the company operations slated to commence next month in the city suburbs during a meeting with the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jenifer Musisi and Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago.

The committee chaired by Kalungu woman MP Florence Kintu summoned Musisi and Lukwago to explain circumstance under which Pioneer Easy Bus Company Ltd solely obtained a contract to operate in the Metropolitan area.

“From the submission made by the KCCA officials, this committee has decided to halt the contract. If pioneer easy bus company goes ahead to operate, the mayor and executive director will he held responsible,” Kintu ruled.

The committee early this week launched investigations into the validity of Pioneer Easy bus contract to operate bus services in the Kampala Metropolitan area.

This followed a petition to Parliament by leaders of Mukono and Wakiso districts seeking Parliament's intervention to inquire the legality of the agreement appointing pioneer Easy bus as agent to operate the bus services in the Kampala metropolitan area by Kampala Capital city Authority (KCCA).

Pioneer Easy Bus company has invested over sh23 billion ($10 million) in a fleet of 522 modern buses that will operate in the Kampala District.

The halt of the operation comes after the company announced to commence operations next month.

The Company chief executive David Baligana said about 100 buses were set to start transporting passengers in March.