Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Are Kigalians Sitting on a Time Bomb?


I don't like using initials, but W.T.F. is wrong with these guys at ATRACO and City Council? now i hear they are starting something they are referring to as "Taxi Rotation System" [Or whatever the ..... they wanna call it].
Anyway, you definitely remember the time they threw all Matatus (Ma-three) out of town to 1930 or Prison, and later, after Muzehe Gakuru of Flash FM, Ka of Contact FM and some other local Kinyarwanda presenters shouted out loud and so did the print media colleagues in pointing out disappointment and weakness of the City Council/Atraco, these fellows realized they weren't doing justice to the commuters or the minibus owners...
And now here comes another surprise: Taxi Rotation System..
According to Atraco, this will help de-congest some overcrowded terminals such as the infamous Kwa Rubangura and the likes by allowing these buses anywhere in town and no-one will be required to gather at Rubangura's especially in the rush hours..
This might sound like music to the commuters' ears, but has the City Council thought of the possible havoc they could bring to the Central Business District? Is this a reason of not building a decent bus Terminus, fast enough, to accommodate these vehicles? C'mon guys, i must have missed something in the whole story... Could the man in charge please stand up and tell Kigalians their fate? Has plan A failed and we are now swiftly shifting to plan B? Or is it an Atraco business strategy? Someone come out clear...

Photo: courtesy of Josh Carl

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nasty, kuki urwanya ibyiza koko? Ujye umenya ko hari abantu batagira amamodoka yabo kandi bagomba nabo gutaha. Izo modoka ntizongera kubyiganira ahantu hamwe cyangwa ngo bya bisambo bigume gukora amabantu mu mifuka.