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900 vehicles impounded in Kampala during curfew

President Yoweri Museveni last week declared the halfway lifting of the lockdown following 42 days. Museveni likewise permitted the resumption of public vehicle and kept up with time limitation time at 7:00pm to 5:30am.

In excess of 900 vehicles have been appropriated for abusing time limit time, seven days after the lockdown was facilitated.

President Yoweri Museveni last week declared the halfway lifting of the lockdown following 42 days. Museveni likewise permitted the resumption of public vehicle and kept up with time limitation time at 7:00pm to 5:30am.

Luke Owoyesigirye, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy representative says that during the 42 days lockdown, vehicles were pardoned on the grounds that few barricades that were mounted in various pieces of the city would create setbacks. He adds that since no barriers have been raised, they anticipate that the cars should be off the roads by 7:00pm.

Owoyesigirye likewise said that 500 bikes were additionally appropriated for abusing the Presidential rules. As indicated by Owoyesigirye, some boda riders were conveying more than one traveler while others disregarded the time limit time.

Owoyesigirye said that no bike has so far been delivered in light of the fact that the proprietors need to suffer express consequences. Each cruiser as per Owoyesigirye will pay 40,000 shillings while vehicles 100,000 shillings He adds that the security staff will proceed with tasks to control the violators of the mandates.

“These activities will proceed until riders and drivers regard the time limit time. It won’t end today and we remind street clients and different individuals from the general population to regard Covid-19 rules,” Owoyesigirye said.

On Wednesday, the police declared that it had gathered 909 million shillings from the express punishments gave to riders and drivers spurning traffic guidelines and the Covid-19 rules.

As per police records, security work force captured in excess of 11,500 individuals during lockdown yet just 2,117 were prosecuted as rehashed wrongdoers. Police gave a 40,000 Shillings express punishment pass to every one of the 16,403 appropriated bikes consequently gathering 656 million shillings.

An express punishment ticket of 100,000 shillings was given to every one of the 2,531 seized vehicles and 253 Million Shillings was figured it out.

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