In Kigali City, transport fare increased from Rwf20 per kilometer to Rwf22, a 5% increase and from Rwf19 to Rwf21, 7% for a passenger from one city to another.
According to RURA, the transport fare hike follows fuel prices increase, car insurance premiums and investments that have been put in place to improve transportation services in Rwanda.
The Head of Transport at RURA, Emmanuel Asaba Katabarwa said that the new prices will be implemented starting Monday 2nd April.
“Increasing fares of public transport is based on different changes in transportation sector since 2015, these include; fuel prices, speed governors, Cashless payment Tap&Go and car insurance premiums of public transport vehicles,” he said.
Transport fares were last revised November 1st 2015.
According to RURA spokesperson, Anthony Kulamba, the new changes consider the both people’s interests and investors.
“Hiking prices is not in the interests of investors only, but, it is in the interests of consumers for serving them properly,” he said.
The Executive Secretary of Rwanda Persons Transporters Association (ATPR), Eric Ruhumuriza welcomed the move saying that the price of their services had also gone high.
“We thank RURA for considering the level of investment in this sector. We have discussed it based on different new services that have been introduced and fuel prices that continue to increase,” he said.
According to RURA, they are also assessing prices for motorbike and taxi cabs and results from assessment will be made public in the not so distant future.
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