{"id":4727,"date":"2017-01-04T14:43:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T14:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2017-01-04T14:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T14:43:45","slug":"burundi-transport-minister-suspends-measure-to-purchase-plates-for-bicycle-taxi-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-transport-minister-suspends-measure-to-purchase-plates-for-bicycle-taxi-riders\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi Transport Minister suspends measure to purchase plates for bicycle-taxi riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4726\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4726\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_3488-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BoscoNtunzwenimana, Minister of Transport: \u201cI will never accept any disorder in transport sector\u201d\" width=\"357\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_3488-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_3488-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_3488.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BoscoNtunzwenimana, Minister of Transport: \u201cI will never accept any disorder in transport sector\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We have learned that bicycle-taxi riders complained about the measure that was taken, forcing them to purchase number plates for their bicycles. We, then, decided to suspend the disputed measure, &#8220;said Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana Minister of Transport.<\/p>\n<p>He said the department in charge of controlling the transportation sector has not been consulted. &#8220;I will never accept any disorder in this sector,&#8221; said Minister Ntunzwenimana.<\/p>\n<p>He promised to speak with all the concerned people on this issue. &#8220;We will analyze the matter with all concerned departments to find a solution to the complaints of bicycle-taxi riders who have already bought these license plates,\u201d said Ntunzwenimana.<\/p>\n<p>Christophe Kinshasa, Economic Advisor at the Bujumbura City Council had explained that the measure would facilitate the identification of each bicycle for the payment of taxes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even article 434 of the Burundi Traffic Code states that any bicycle used for paid transportation must have an identification plate issued by the municipality, &#8220;he said.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a relief for bicycle-taxi riders as the measure was like a burden for them. &#8220;I have not been able to pay for that plate. I only earn BIF 2,500 a day. After buying food, I only remain with BIF 1,500F. Besides, I have other needs. It is difficult to collect BIF 8,000\u201d, said a bicycle-taxi rider.<\/p>\n<p>The measure was taken by the Mayor of Bujumbura and December 21 was the deadline for bicycle taxi riders to purchase license plates at a price of BIF 8000 each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We have learned that bicycle-taxi riders complained about the measure that was taken, forcing them to purchase number plates for their bicycles. We, then, decided to suspend the disputed measure, &#8220;said Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana Minister of Transport. He said the department in charge of controlling the transportation sector has not been consulted. &#8220;I will never [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,670],"tags":[857,944],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727"}],"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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4728,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}