The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director, Ms Jenifer Musisi has vowed to forcefully evict taxis in Kampala over failure to accept to pay the contested 120,000 shillings to the council.
She says that the commuter taxi drivers have no choice but to pay the 120,000 shillings if they want to remain in Kampala. Ms Musisi says that she will not be moved by the strikes the taxi drivers stage. The taxi drivers suggest that they are capable of paying only 70,000 shillings to the council.
Ms Musisi says that the request of the taxi drivers is unacceptable and whoever doesn’t want to pay 120,000 shillings should better leave the taxi business.
The KCCA director says that the council will impound all the taxis whose owners have not paid the tax rates. Ms Musisi says that the new taxi fees will be enforced by UTODA and the interim taxi management committee.