Kampala old taxi park
The Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association has issued new guidelines to ensure more security for travelers in the wake of bomb blasts and increasing bomb threats in Uganda.
The National Chairman of UTODA, John Ndyomugyenyi, says all taxi guides have been instructed to check the luggage of travelers to ensure no bombs or explosive items are transported to injure other passengers.
He says all vendors and other people who work in taxi parks should have been asked to carry Identify Cards so that they can easily be identified.
Ndyomugyenyi is appealing to passengers in different parts of Uganda to accept their luggage to be checked and the resulting inconvenience that is necessary to ensure security of passengers.
Several businesses and sectors of Uganda’s economy have been affected following Sunday July 11 bomb blasts that killed more than 75 people and injured more than 50 others. Somali’s militant group Al-Shaba which has links with Al Qaeda is believed to be behind the bomb blasts and continuing bomb threats.
This Thursday morning, a bomb was identified in Kampala at the entrance of the new taxi park further highlighting the need for more security measures in all places which attract many people.
The Police Anti Terrorism Unit was called in time and managed to detonate the bomb before it could injure people in one of Uganda’s most crowded areas.
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