Uganda: Police Evacuates Stranded Students As Buses Hike Fares

The police have deployed six buses and 20 trucks to transport for free students who are stranded in Kampala after public transport managers increased fares that the passengers couldn't afford.

Students returning home from schools were caught up in the rush by city dwellers to leave Kampala Metropolitan area for the villages for fear that the government could impose a total lockdown and leave them without basic necessities like it was the case last year.

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