Bicycle taxis, motorcycle taxis and tuktuks, considered responsible for most fatal accidents, have been banned since Monday in most parts of Bujumbura, the economic capital and largest city of Burundi, authorities announced.
“The measure of respect for the new perimeter that prohibits access to tricycles, motorcycles and bicycle taxis in the center of the city of Bujumbura takes effect from Monday, March 21, 2022,” said the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security.
A local source and several witnesses told AFP that, at dawn on Monday, numerous armed police officers were stationed on the various roads leading to the prohibited zone.
Bujumbura is the largest city in the country, with 1.2 million inhabitants.
Until now, those 20,000 two- or three-wheeled vehicles had access to all areas of the city except the center. The new measure now only allows them to access certain areas of the periphery.
In February, Interior Minister General Gervais Ndirakobuca accused those vehicles of being responsible for the “majority” of traffic accidents that caused 1,300 deaths and 1,970 injuries between January 2021 and January 2022.
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