Payment by vehicle drivers and motorcycle riders for the use of the Kampala-Entebbe Express highway; also commonly known as Road Toll fee, is slated to kick start on Saturday January 8th, Parrots UG has learnt.
The exercise was supposed to have began on the 1st of January 2021 as per communication made in November 2021 by UNRA. Due to delays in setting up the payment system, the date has been pushed to Saturday, 8th January, 2021.
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Inside reports at UNRA told Parrots UG that they have started issuing electronic cards freely and all road users (drivers and riders) are requested to pick these cards from the three toll stations (Busega, Kajjansi, and Mpala). One is required to have either a national ID to passport to acquire one.Those with cards will get special discounts while those that will pay cash will have no discount.
On paying for road toll fees; last year, UNRA released a document on vehicle types accessing the Expressway classifying them into four classes; 1, 2, 3 and 4. The fees that they are expected to pay include 18% VAT.
Based on the document that was released last year, the vehicle types accessing the express highway were classified into four various classes of class 1, class 2, class 3, and class 4. The fees that they are expected to pay include 18% VAT.
Class 1 vehicles which include motorcycles 400cc will pay a toll fee of Shs3,000. Class 2 which are light vehicles with 2 axles to be charged Shs5,000. Class 3 vehicles which include light vehicles with three axles or more, medium goods vehicles with two or three axles will pay Shs10,000. As for class 4 vehicles, these were categorized into two; large goods vehicles and large buses with four and five axles and large good vehicles with six and more axles which are expected to pay Shs15,000 and Shs16,000 respectively.
