RDC Ronald Katende say some trucks suffer mechanical breakdowns, taking days without being towed off the roads, which interrupts the operations of other road users.
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A team of youth seen loading sugarcane in the middle of the Musita-Lumino highway. File photo.
The Luuka district security committe has suspended movement of sugarcane trucks as they anticipate for president Museveni's visit in the area.
President Museveni is expected to kickoff his Parish Development Model-PDM tour in Busoga sub region.
President Museveni will be visiting three farmers in Busoga, two of whom are PDM beneficiaries.
In Luuka district, Museveni is expected to visit the home of Eliot Mukasa, a PDM beneficiary in Luuka district.
Now, the resident district commissioner of Luuka, Ronald Katende says that they have resolved to set a two day ban on the movement of sugarcane trucks from 21-22nd, January, 2025.
Katende argues that, Luuka district is the epicenter of sugarcane growing in Busoga sub region, with over 10 underlying weigh bridges, where truckers supply cane all day long.
He notes that, some of these trucks are involved in mechanical breakdowns, taking days without being towed off the roads, which interruptions the operations of other road users.
Katende says that since the roads in Luuka are relatively few and narrow, therefore, limiting the sugarcane trucks will enable smooth operability of the expected number of vehicles during the presidential visit in the area.
Katende notes that this move is geared towards creating traffic sanity for all and their resolutions were shared with truck drivers, whom he says have equally shared consent to this short term arrangement.
Meanwhile, the decision has drawn mixed reaction amongst truck drivers, with some claiming that it is an infringement on their economic rights as the same has not been enforced in other districts where the president is expected, whereas, others agree to it.
Asuman Kanaabi says that trucks create daily indirect jobs for unemployed youths who survive on the stipends earned and a day without work means no food on table for them. "Each truck requires over six loaders and two turn boys with each earning between 8,000-10,000 Shillings, therefore, suspending the movement of trucks means no pay for them," he says.
Kanaabi says that, security would seal off the specific area where the president is expected and clear truckers to freely conduct their business in other areas.
Joseph Mulondo, another trucker says that, much as the presidential visit on PDM matters will offer leaders a platform to highlight the plight of the bad roads in the district, it is imperative for the security committee to devise a co-existence mechanism of allowing them to work.
