Two former Ugandan ministers clash over vehicle tracking system
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
Former Ugandan ministers Katumba Wamala and Kahinda Otafiire gave opposing testimony on the effectiveness of the ITMS vehicle monitoring system during a parliamentary inquiry into digital number plates. Otafiire doubts the system can locate vehicles after their plates are removed, while Katumba defends it as a security tool, Nile Post reports.
Two former Ugandan ministers gave contrasting assessments of the effectiveness of the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), which is intended to monitor vehicles using digital number plates. Gen. Katumba Wamala, former Minister of Works and Transport, defended the project as a security tool designed to improve crime detection. Kahinda Otafiire, former Minister of Internal Affairs, questioned its ability to track vehicles, Nile Post reports.
The disagreement emerged before the parliamentary Committee on Physical Infrastructure, which has been investigating the controversial digital number plate project for nearly two months. MPs thus heard differing testimony about the system’s capabilities, which are also being examined as part of the parliamentary inquiry into vehicle tracking using digital number plates.
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