By Spy Uganda
Members of Parliament on the Committees of Internal Affairs and Physical infrastructure have discovered that the Russian Company;- Joint Stock Company Global Security contracted to manufacture and provide digital car number plates to Uganda is not registered.
The first phase of the project dubbed the Intelligent Transport Management System (ITMS)—digital monitoring and tracking system of motor vehicles and motorcycles in the country was projected to kick off in March 2023—covering all government vehicles.
The second phase will involve making beacon-equipped plates to cover all new vehicles on the road.
This is expected to start on July 1 with new cars coming into the country, before being rolled out to cars already on the road.
The third phase of the project will cover new digital plates to replace all ordinary plates currently on the road.
The device is capable of indicating the real-time location of the motor vehicle and detecting unauthorized removal.
The regulations exempt tracking chips from vehicles belonging to diplomatic missions, UN agencies, the presidential motorcade, or any other special-purpose vehicle as the Works minister may prescribe.
