The Road Transport And Safety Agency (RTSA), has impounded over 400 motor vehicles for abrogating statutory instrument no.76 of 2016 which restricts Public Service Vehicles (PSV) from moving at night.
RTSA recently conducted a five-day special operation to ensure compliance with SI 76 and the agency is disturbed with the high number of PSVS drivers and operators contravening the provisions of SI 76 of 2016.
Head Public Relations, Fredrick Mubanga says the operation which was conducted along the major highways in the country reveled that a number of PSV drivers and operators are operating outside the provisions of SI 76 of 2016.
Mr. Mubanga says the SI 76 of 2016 restricts the movement of public service vehicles and vehicles in transit between 21:00 hours and 05:00 hours.
He says the agency is concerned that only three operators and companies have applied and managed to acquire a permit to be allowed to move at night and most operators opt to defy provisions of the law in this regard with impunity.
Mr. Mubanga says any person who contravenes the provisions of the SI commits an offence and is liable upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both.
Just fine them, why would you want to put them in prison? This would not benefit the country at all.
Irrelevant
If they fine them they are not helping solve the problem. They will simply be paying and it ends there. But if they are imprisoned someone will learn a lesson because jail is really humiliating,dehumanising
I think those caught abusing government cars should be put in police cells for a number of days.
Imwe baba Public Service Vehicles (PSV) are not government vehicles!!
Was dull Brian’s vehicle among them!!
You and your hate.. How do you even sleep ai. As if you are Satan’s right hand maid.
Just relax, we all know your party one day God willing might be in power. Eish Ha…ka.
PSV is not GRZ ba pumbafu imwe
Fine and suspend, and suspend should even go up to six months, and implement the suspensions