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Taxi operators storm Bushenyi-Ishaka municipal offices over van impounded by police on RDC's orders

Protest & Civil Unrest Verified Bushenyi 3 Mar 2026 Severity: 2/5

According to NTV Uganda, taxi drivers went to the Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality offices to demand the return of an association van, which their chairman Yasin Kyoota said police had impounded on the RDC's orders more than two months earlier. Kyoota also accused former association leaders of stealing over Shs184 million and appealed to the President to intervene. Town Clerk Gilbert Boona asked the drivers to wait for a meeting between municipal officials and the association's executive.

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