{"id":15968,"date":"2020-05-06T06:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T06:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=15968"},"modified":"2020-05-06T06:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T06:30:58","slug":"transport-motorcycles-tricycles-to-operate-in-mukaza-central-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/transport-motorcycles-tricycles-to-operate-in-mukaza-central-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport: Motorcycles, tricycles to operate in Mukaza central areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy Mbonimpa, Bujumbura Mayor has authorized motorcycles, bicycles and tricycles also known as \u201cTuk-Tuk\u201d to cross Ntahangwa Bridge and enter Mukaza commune in Bujumbura city from May 4. He said motorcycles and bicycles are allowed to transport passengers up to 6:00 p.m. while \u201cTuk-Tuk\u201d will close their activities at 9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15967\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15967\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Touktouk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Touktouk.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Touktouk-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Touktouk-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Touktouk-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motorcycles, tricycles and bicycles are allowed to enter Mukaza commune<\/p><\/div>\n<p>N.I, a driver of a \u201cTuk-Tuk\u201d met in Mukaza commune appreciates the decision. \u201cWe believe that the decision will extend even after the elections,\u201d he says. As for Ndikumana, a motorcycle driver, the decision will allow them to get more revenues.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Ntirampeba, Secretary of Burundi Association of Transport Operators \u2013ATRABU says the decision allows drivers of those transport devices to cross the bridge and arrive in some localities of Mukaza commune. \u201cThey aren\u2019t authorized to operate downtown. They will operate in Nyakabiga, Bwiza, Buyenzi, Jabe and Industrial Quarter\u201d, says Ntirampeba adding that operating downtown would cause more accidents and heavy traffic jams.<\/p>\n<p>Ntirampeba believes that the decision isn\u2019t motivated by the upcoming elections. \u201cWe pleaded for the review of this decision many months ago,\u201d he says. Ntirampeba appeals to the drivers of those transport devices to respect the working hours and continue to consolidate peace and security in their respective areas. \u201cThe decision was taken for security reasons in 2015.<br \/>\nGrenades were thrown by unknown people using those means of transport,\u201d he says adding that the users of those means of transport must identify the perpetrators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy Mbonimpa, Bujumbura Mayor has authorized motorcycles, bicycles and tricycles also known as \u201cTuk-Tuk\u201d to cross Ntahangwa Bridge and enter Mukaza commune in Bujumbura city from May 4. He said motorcycles and bicycles are allowed to transport passengers up to 6:00 p.m. while \u201cTuk-Tuk\u201d will close their activities at 9:00 p.m. N.I, a driver of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15969,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15968\/revisions\/15969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}