Traffic Police start operations to recover EPS arrears
The express penalty scheme has 25 offences for motorists and offenders are liable to pay between Shs20, 000 and Shs200, 000 depending on the offence.
Traffic Police have commenced operations to recover Express Penalty System (EPS) arrears in different parts of the country.
The operation is targeting motorists who have been dodging pay EPS tickets whenever they are caught by traffic police misbehaving on the road.
It’s on this note that Traffic Police spokesperson, Faridah Nampiima, has urged all drivers to check their vehicles and ascertain whether they have any pending unpaid tickets to do so to avoid any inconveniences.
“We urge all vehicle owners to download the Uganda Police Force (UPF) Mobi App to check on their status and also go to any nearby offices of traffic to get replacement EPS tickets,” she said.
She called upon those who haven’t cleared their arrears to pay the tickets using Mobile money services, Pay Way or Banks.
Nampiima explains that the UPF Mobi App once downloaded by drivers will save them time from coming to traffic police to ascertain how much they have to pay for their arias.
Meanwhile, the acting director of traffic, Lawrence Niwabiine, emphasized that their work as traffic is to issue tickets and enforce the law and also recover unpaid tickets by offenders.
He, therefore, said that it’s not their role to know how much money is collected from the EPS tickets since the fines are always paid directly to URA who, he says, are very capable of giving the right figures concerning EPS arrears.
“When we recover and when offenders pay, the money goes to the URA portal. Once URA receives it, now it becomes the responsibility of URA and the auditor general. I want to assure you that the auditor general has audited that money collected and uncollected, and therefore reports are there,”
As police carried out operations to crackdown motorists with unpaid Express Penalty Scheme (EPS) last year, police spokesperson Fred Enanga confirmed that a total of 229,938 tickets worth Shs18.5b, had been issued and that out of this, Shs8.5b was uncollected.
The express penalty scheme has 25 offences for motorists and offenders are liable to pay between Shs20, 000 and Shs200, 000 depending on the offence.
