Bugesera Police impounds bicycles, affects operators’ livelihood

BUGESERA – Police in Bugesera district have seized over 70 bicycle taxis for defying a by law which banned the bicycles from riding on tarmac road. “It is common knowledge that such bicycles have exacerbated road accidents within this district. We are thus ordering them to desist from using the tarmac road,” authorities said.  
Bicycles which were impounded from cyclists who had ignored the ban in Mukarange Sector Kayonza district earlier this month. (File photo)
Bicycles which were impounded from cyclists who had ignored the ban in Mukarange Sector Kayonza district earlier this month. (File photo)
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