Kampala’s public transportation around the city center and to suburbs is based around taxis or vans called mutatus. Mutatu lines run to and from taxi parks right at the center of town. If you are outside the center and want to get to another neighborhood you can board any mutatu which will invariably be going to the center, then, in one of several large taxi parks like the one pictured above, you must find the spot from which mutatus to your destination depart. Most mutatu rides cost 1000 shillings (less than fifty cents US) although prices have recently risen, infuriating many Ugandans and leading to protests.
Mutatus are meant to hold 15 passengers, but drivers will pack in many more whenever possible. I’ve heard of drivers fitting as many as 25 passengers into a single mutatu!
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