KCCA still waiting on president's directive on taxi operators

By Robert Ssegawa
Kampala Capital City Authority says it is waiting for a directive from the president on proposed taxi operators tax for it  start arrangements of how they will start remitting to the authority.
This after the President met taxi drivers and the leadership of Kampala capital city authority and agreed that taxis plying to city centre will be paying shs630000/= annually.
Others plying different towns and cities from Kampala will pay shs 830000/= per year. According to the deputy human resource manager  KCCA Sam Serunkuma it's the duty of the authority to plan for taxi operations in the city including registration of all taxis and drivers.
The president recently instructed the ministry of works and transport to start registration of all taxis and conduct election of their leaders across the country . He also tasked the ministry  to map  out their routes..