Ministry of Works and Transport orders driver changes on long-distance bus routes

After a meeting with bus operators and the Uganda Police Force in Kampala, the Ministry of Works and Transport announced that on routes of more than 300 km a driver must be replaced for the return journey, and that on shorter routes a driver may make only one round trip a day. Minister Fred Byamukama also ordered buses to display driver identification badges, and Traffic Police were directed to arrest operators and drivers who break the rules, according to ChimpReports.