Brokers, idlers and drunkards are to be expelled from Bus Parks. This comes as part of the resolutions arrived at in a meeting between the Chief Licensing Officer, the Uganda Bus Owners Association Management of Kisenyi and Namayiba bus terminals.
“This move will ensure heightened security and orderliness in the bus parks. The bus owners will also save up to Shs335,000 per local bus and Shs1,340,000 per interstate bus paid to brokers for loading,” Ministry of works and transport revealed.
The Ministry instructed the Director of Namayiba and Kisenyi Bus Parks in Kampala to, with immediate effect, inform the targeted categories to vacate.
Most brokers are often drunk while on duty and treat passengers with inhumane characters, a practice that will be reduced once the decision is implemented.
Recently, the Works Ministry held an extensive meeting with the administration of the two parks to stall the rent increment by one month and with Terminal Management to do away with all brokers, idlers, drunkards, and drug abusers from within and around bus terminals who cause insecurity to the traveling public.
Yesterday, former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Asan Kasingye raised concern over the bus brokers who disguise themselves to offer bus receipts to passengers and disappear in case the conductors reject them and there is no refund to these passengers.
“Something is happening at the Mbarara Bus Park. These guys; man and lady, con unsuspecting passengers by claiming to be agents of Tausi Bus Company, they collect Shs25,000 as fair to Kampala and give receipts of Shs2,000 in favour of Khans Legacy coaches. This bus does not accept the receipts and by the time passengers realize, they are off the scene. This has been going on and nobody seems to care about the plight of passengers,” Kasingye posted on his X (formerly twitter) account.
