Dar es Salaam, April 19 -- DODOMA: THE Land Transport Regulatory Authority (LATRA) is reviewing regulations on goods carrying vehicle under the Transport Licencing Act to come up with new rules and guidelines for cargo tricycles so as to support the safe and sustainable growth of active mobility, the Deputy Minister for Transport David Kihenzile has said.

He said in Parliament on Wednesday that under the review of the Transport Licensing (Goods Carrying Vehicles) Regulations, 2020, there would be new penalties on cargo tricycles.

He was responding to a question posed by Ngwasi Kamani (CCM- Special Seats) who asked for the government position on the rationale of imposing a penalty on good carrying tricycles, commonly known as ‘Baja...