The Legal Brains Trust has asked the High Court to expeditiously decide a case in which they sued the government over plans to install digital trackers in all vehicles.
The digital or electronic license plates system is aimed at enabling the government to monitor the movement of any cars, buses, trucks, or motorcycles, mainly for security purposes.
In 2021, the Minister for Security General Jim Muhwezi signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Russian Firm Joint Stock Company Global Security to implement the plan.
The plan was challenged by the Legal Brains Trust which wanted the court to “halt and restrain the government and its agents or any other person from implementing a compulsory digital surveillance of all motor vehicles, motorcycles, and other vehicles pending disposal of the main cause,” according to a statement from the law firm.
Despite this still pending court decision, the government has set July this year to implement the Intelligent Transport Management System. END.