Police to Arrest Bus Drivers without Driver’s Badge
According to SP Micheal Kananura, Bus drivers face seven years in jail for operating without badges
Bus drivers found without a valid driver’s badge issued by the Chief Licensing Officer, Ministry of Works and Transport, risk arrest and charges in court, Police has warned.
The steam warning was issued on Tuesday by the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety, as it’s stipulated in Section 42(1)(e) of The Traffic & Road Safety Act. (CAP.347).
Speaking to this reporter Micheal Kananura, the Traffic Police Spokesperson, said that the drivers who failures to comply constitutes an offence, punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years upon conviction as stipulated in Section 42(2) of The Traffic & Road Safety Act. (CAP.347)
Kananura added that all bus drivers are directed to pick their badges from the Ministry of Works and Transport as they issued free of charge.
He further said that by Wednesday, November 4th, 2024, all bus drivers were expected to possess a valid driver’s badge “as a must,” to proceed with passengers at any checkpoint.
