Trailers required not to overlaod

In a bid to stamp out over loading among transporters on Ugandan roads, the Uganda National Roads Authority is now set to acquire new six weigh bridges to help in taking weights on trucks along Uganda’s roads.

According to Eng. Geofrey Obara, the manager axle load control project, the new equipment will be planted on all major high ways which will be taking uniform measurements and  will be inter connected to each other for easy surveillance.

Obara says that they are also harmonizing laws on weigh bridges that will be used in all EAC member states. 

The authority is commissioning this weekend the Luwero weigh bridge which cost a total of 2.6 billion Uganda shillings.

Truck drivers have for long been complaining about the weighing bridges used by UNRA to take weight measurements which they say are inaccurate.

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The Regional Lorry Drivers and Transporters Association chairman Byron Kinene handed over the petition to the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya .

According to the chairperson of the body Byron Kinene the regulations the people found carrying access weight one is taken to courts of instead of being penalized immediately as the case in the traffic regulations.

He also says that the system is marred with corruption and undue delays which should be stopped immediately.

Kinene called upon parliament to introduce instant penalty to avoid corruption involved in the payment process. He also says that UNRA should be given full powers as it is the case with Uganda revenue authority.

Kinene said that Uganda National Roads Authority should be given powers to hand weigh bridge standard instead of Uganda National Bureau of standards

The deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanya said that the petitioners have genuine issues and therefore parliament will handle their complaints. He says that the petitioners will be invited to the committee and therefore they should be ready.

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