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PUBLIC transporters have blasted the Bulawayo City Council for allegedly favouring the Bulawayo’s Public Transporters Association (Bupta) in allocating routes under the city’s newly formulated public transport policy.

The dispute is threatening the May 24 launch of the policy that also seeks to eliminate individual ownership of kombis in the city.  Under the policy, stakeholders have proposed to charge school children and college students half fare

Transporters will have to join one of three associations – Bupta, Tshova Mubaiwa Co-operative (TMC) or Bulawayo City Transit Trust (BCTT).  Each of the operators was allocated specific routes to avoid speeding and fighting for customers.

However, chairperson of Tshova Mubaiwa Mr Samson Mabunde complained that their company was given a small area to operate where there are fewer customers compared to Bupta which was given more routes.

BCC senior public relations officer Mrs Nesisa Mpofu said Bupta and Tshova Mubaiwa met and allocated each other the areas where they wished to operate but they have a meeting scheduled for May 16 concerning the transport policy

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