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.

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Drama ensued onDuster street in Kampala city today when a group of angry taxi drivers stormed radio one and Kaboozi FM demanding the head of a radio presenter popularly known as Basajja Mivule. The drivers accused Mivule of being biased whenever he discusses the issue concerning the transport business inKampala.

The drivers complain that Mivule has been rubbishing commuter taxis for long advocating for their banning in favour of a bus company called Pioneer Easy Bus which is owned by big shots inUgandagovernment.

The drivers also accused Mivule of being bribed by the directors of Pioneer Easy Bus Company to promote the bus business and make town dwellers to shun taxi transport.

But unfortunately, on the drivers’ side, Mivule had been tipped off and ran away. The angry drivers left the radio stations singing pro Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago songs and anti president Museveni songs.

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