The Uganda police force will get 15 per cent of the total amount of money collected in traffic penalties.
The increment from the current five per cent will be contained in a statutory instrument expected to be issued by the Ministry of Finance, before the end of this year.
The decision is an outcome of discussions between the police leadership, the Finance Ministry and Uganda Revenue Authority to have at least a 10 per cent increment of the money that reverts to the force after it has been collected in road fines.
Police spokesperson Fred Enanga says that they are hopeful the finance minister will soon issue the new arrangement which will be a big top-up of the police budget.Fred Enanga on Fines…..
The traffic police records for 2021 show that 293,543 drivers were issued Express Penalty tickets for committing various traffic offences.
The fines totaled to 26 billion Shillings but by the end of the year, police had collected 19.99 billion Shillings.
In this year alone, according to traffic police spokesperson, ASP Faridah Nampiima, traffic offenders have accumulated arrears of more than 8 billion Shillings. ENDS.