Gulu city approves UGX 48,000 annual fee for boda boda riders
He says that the riders will have a choice of either paying week by week Shillings 1000, month to month Shillings 40,000 or every year Shillings 48,000.
Gulu City Council has supported a yearly charge of Shillings 48,000 for boda riders working inside the city. This is an increment of Shillings 28,000 set in the monetary year 2020/2021. There are more than 7,000 boda riders in Gulu working under different boda affiliations.
Alfred Okwonga, the Gulu City Mayor says that they set the charges in the wake of holding meetings with the administration of different boda gatherings. He says that the riders will have a choice of either paying week by week Shillings 1000, month to month Shillings 40,000 or every year Shillings 48,000.
As per Okwonga, the two boda affiliations that will be framed in every division in the city will be liable for gathering the expenses and transmit 50% to the city chamber.
Geoffrey Oyoo, the Gulu City senior money official uncovered that with the projection of 10,000 boda riders in Gulu city, they expect gathering Shillings 480 million. He says subsequent to deducting their 50%, the authorities will transmit Shillings 240million to the city.
As per Oyoo, in the last monetary year, Gulu City Council couldn’t raise any income from the riders because of components he didn’t uncover. The expense was supported during a crisis chamber meeting held to pass the chargeable rates for organizations and properties in Gulu city for the monetary year 2021/2022.
Different charges endorsed incorporate the month to month rental of slows down at Gulu primary market at Shillings 15,000 each and Shillings 7,000 in different business sectors, yearly expense of Shillings 100,000 for butcheries, Shillings 40,000 yearly expense on every inn and café among others.
Moses Ojok, the director of Gulu Northern City boda affiliation says that they held a gathering with the city chamber specialists where they decided the expenses. Morris Odong, the councilor for Pece Laroo division – South says that for Gulu City Council to understand its designated income assortment, there is need to retouch the spillages in the income assortment measure.
As indicated by Odong, the gathering ought to present electronic methods for installment of duties and income to try not to lose cash in the assortment measures. Gulu City’s privately raised income is projected at Shillings 3,884,844,200 addressing 10.5 percent of the all out income expected for the monetary year 2021/2022.
