Passengers’ temperatures have cooled down on Wednesday after bus drivers, owners and operators called off their week long strike that had paralyzed the country and led some sections of the people in Uganda to allege that the strike was anti government. Most service sectors in Uganda almost stage daily anti government strikes in Kampala protesting against what they term as government mistreatment of some tribes, corruption, nepotism, and undemocratic leadership.
The bus owners and operators called for the strike following reported victimization by the Transport Licensing Board (TLB). The strike started on February 1st this year and it left a number of passengers stranded in leading bus parks across.
The strike resulted from the cancellation of licenses of four bus companies: Kalita Bus Company, Kampala Hoppers, Kasamba and Zawadi Bus Company.
The Ministry of Works and Transport suspended the operations licence of the above bus companies following the latest accidents in which claimed lives and scores injured.
The drivers and bus owners described the cancelation of licences as harassment. They wondered how one bus gets involved in an accident and LTB cancels movement of the all fleet of buses. However Ibrahim Byandala, the transport minister directed LTB to lift the ban on buses.
Ultimate Media