Gov't considers halting public transport over abuse of SOPs

Aug 17, 2020

In his tweet, Katumba said; “Fellow Ugandans, it has come to my attention that some taxi operators and motorists are not obeying the COVID-19 guidelines."

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The government is considering halting of public transport operations because taxi operators and other motorists have failed to adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as issued by the Ministry of Health.

According to Gen. Katumba Wamala, the minister of Works and Transport, the government may consider halting pubic transport, should the operators and users of public transport continue to violate the set SOPs.

"With the increasing cases of community transmission, we may be forced to halt public transport," Katumba said in a tweet posted on his twitter page @GenWamala.


In his tweet, Katumba said; "Fellow Ugandans, it has come to my attention that some taxi operators and motorists are not obeying the COVID-19 guidelines."

Following the outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda in March, President Yoweri Museveni declared a partial lockdown of the country, which resulted into a ban on operation of public transport including taxis, buses and boda bodas, as a way of preventing the spread of the virus, which has seen Uganda cases reach1,500 as of Sunday.

Before the reopening of public transport, the government put in place SOPs such as wearing of face masks, use of sanitizers, washing of hands and carrying passengers at half capacity, which according to Katumba have since been abused by the operators and users of public transport.


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