The Ministry of Works and Transport has announced the rolling out of the exercise that will see the old license number plates replaced with digital ones.
The digital number plates will be fitted with Bluetooth chips and are part of the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System that will be implemented by /S Joint Stock Company Global Security, a Russian company.
Speaking during the roll out yesterday, the Minister of Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala said the roll out will begin with government vehicles before motorcycles around Kampala.
The official roll out for private vehicles will commence on February, 1st, 2024.
The Works and Transport Minister said the digital number plates and the entire Intelligent Transport Monitoring System will become the magic bullet for dealing with criminality, noting that on purchase of the number plates Ugandans will also have got free tracking system fitted in their vehicles that in case of theft, they can easily be tracked.
He said that owing to the system, all details of Ugandans with vehicles will be stored in a central place and this will also aid in tax collection.
Gen Katumba Wamala however allayed fears of using the system to spy on Ugandans.
The Minister for Security, Gen Jim Muhwezi said Police officers have been trained to fit the trackers into the vehicles by the Russian company, noting that the company is investing its own money that will be recouped within 10 years.
