By: Kamusime Barnabas
Boda boda riders in Kisoro have resumed their work without following presidential guidelines of keeping records of the passengers.
President Yoweri Museveni allowed boda operators to resume their work on 27th July 2020 across the country
However riders say that they can’t buy books because they don’t know how to write while a few who have the said females are refusing to register in their books.
However a section of Boda Boda Cyclists in Kisoro municipality have expressed their desire for another locked down just after few hours of legal operation following a lift on their sector by the president in the previous presidential address on covid-19.
Speaking to reporters at their respective stages, Cyclists cited challenges of limited customers, Many Boda Bodas on the road hindering fat incomes compared to how they have been earning in lockdown through smuggling customers.
They also noted that the guidelines that were issued to them by the president are expensive apart from face masks. The guidelines included buying helmets, Sanitizers, record books and face masks.
However, the Kisoro united Boda Boda operators (KUBO) chairperson, Karangara Robert says that any Boda Boda Cyclist wishing his fellows to be put under lockdown again has his selfish interests.
He called upon all Boda Boda fraternity to work together despite the competition on the road.
Karangara added that most Boda Boda Cyclists are jubilating because most of them have been suffering under lockdown.
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