As you are all aware, the EPS scheme was introduced under Section 165 of the Traffic and Road Safety Act, 1998, to purposely manage minor traffic offenders. The primary objective of the scheme was to deter road users from committing offences, by levying express penalties, that would help to decongest courts. The EPS ticket has 25 codes for traffic offences, whose fines vary, depending on the traffic offence committed. The codes range from UGX 20,000 to UGX 200,000 which the offender has to pay or clear within 28 days. Motorists…
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UGANDA: Motorists to drive at 30km/hr speed limit in Kampala
The police is introducing a 30km/hr speed limit for all motorists in the Kampala Metropolitan Area. This comes after police blamed the high number of accidents happening in Kampala metropolitan on over speeding. Last week’s traffic report indicated that a total of 342 accidents occurred and out of these 64 accidents were fatal, 167 were serious and 111 were minor. Also, there were 309 accident victims during this period, and of these, 72 people died, and 237 sustained injuries. Yesterday, Traffic officers were taught how to operate speed cameras at…
How to recover your hacked account
Hacking is the gaining of unauthorized access of data in a system or computer. People who do this are called “hackers”. Whether it’s your email, social media account such as Facebook or some other type of online service, there are many things which can alert you to the fact that someone else is accessing your account. Being locked out of the account is a visible indication that something has gone wrong, but the signs can be more subtle. Things to look out for include logins or attempted logins from unknown…