Police have released over 400 vehicles that were impounded on Monday.
On Friday last week President Yoweri Museveni reinstated a full lockdown banning Public and Private transportation and bringing down the curfew time to 7:00 pm from 9:00 pm.
He announced that only essential workers like those in the health, Utility, security and media among others will be allowed on the road. Further guidance will come from the Office of the Prime Minister.
According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigirye, the police released the vehicles after cautioning the drivers.
He says that police established that the impounded vehicles belonged to essential workers, but the drivers lacked proper identification.
He says that since the government is yet to distribute stickers, the essential workers should move in branded company cars to avoid being inconvenienced by security personnel.
However, Owoyesigirye says that the police will not release the other fifty vehicles that were also impounded on Monday.
According to Owoyesigirye, the owners were not essential workers noting that the vehicles shall be returned to their owners at the end of the lockdown.
Last week, the police impounded 376 private, public vehicles and 3,655 motorcycles for carrying passengers and violating curfew hours.
