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    Hail this taxi, but hold on tight – boda-bodas swarm Kampala streets

    Aug 22, 2019 3 minutes
    Orange vests and helmets help identify screened boda-boda drivers who are part of the SafeBoda mobile app's program in Kampala, Uganda. Officially, helmets for motorcycle taxi drivers and passengers are mandatory, but the law is not enforced.

    If you want to get across town quickly in traffic-clogged Kampala, you need a hairnet.

    A 10-mile car commute in the Ugandan capital routinely takes two hours. Or you can jump on one of the city’s ubiquitous boda-boda motorcycle taxis. Safety is not their strong point, but drivers with the ride-hailing app SafeBoda at least provide passengers with a helmet. And – for reasons of hygiene – a disposable hairnet.

    “Boda-bodas are a necessary evil,” says Sam Mutabazi, head of the Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative,

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