Taxi drivers riot in Kampala via Jackfruity
I got an e-mail this morning from my friend Kate, a student at Makerere, with the subject line "Kampala Riots."The Monitor and the New Vision both say that over 50 people were arrested on Friday after a riot sparked by a strike to protest a recent police crackdown on taxi drivers who operate without permits or whose vehicles are in poor condition. Princess writes that it may also have to do with a new law restricting taxi stops along Kampala road to City Square.The strike, organized by the Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) committee, seems to have started with taxi drivers and conductors and spread to boda-boda drivers via intimidation. Can anyone confirm this? Are boda-boda drivers part of UTODA?Also, the New Vision says the crackdown started on March 31, but I...
I've been trying for weeks to come up with something snarky to say about this, but I think the following speaks for itself.Exhibit A, Kampala, Uganda:Exhibit B, London, England:What is Virgin Limobike?It’s a passenger motorbike. Based in London, it provides the quickest and one of the most glamorous ways to get from A to B. Celebrities use it, business people use it, in fact people from all walks of life use it, whether it be to get to the airport quickly regardless of how bad the traffic is or to glide from one end of London to the...