Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police recovered 46 stolen vehicles in June, with officials saying the results highlight the growing role of the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) in combating vehicle theft and verifying ownership. Luke Owoyesigyire, Deputy Public Relations Officer for Kampala Metropolitan Police, said the …
Read More »EPS suspension delaying full digital number plate migration
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) says it has cleared a backlog of 6,000 digital motor vehicle registration number plates, weeks ahead of the deadline set by the Minister of Works and Transport, Fred Byamukama. The increased production and issuance of digital number plates followed …
Read More »Motor dealers protest digital plate shortages
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s motor trade sector has demanded that the government cancel its 10-year contract with Russian firm Joint Stock Company Global Security, citing persistent failures in implementing the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS). The ITMS was introduced to track all registered vehicles and motorcycles nationwide while …
Read More »Smart monitoring system: Uganda Police and ITMS record 90% vehicle recovery rate
Uganda’s frontline tool against vehicle theft, helps recover 34 stolen vehicles Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda Police, working with the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), recorded a vehicle recovery rate of more than 90 percent during the latest reporting period, underscoring the growing role of technology …
Read More »ITMS sets ambitious target of 1 million new number plates in 2026
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s official manufacturer of new number plates, together with Spiro Uganda have rewarded a lucky boda owner of the 200,026th new number plate at a special ceremony held at the Spiro Bond Site in Kampala. The Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) confirms that it will …
Read More »Smart Traffic System changing how Boda Boda riders navigate Kampala roads
The ITMS helped the Uganda Police Force in 2025 to track, find, and return 32 cars and 13 motorcycles that had been reported stolen Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For seven years, Dathive Mukeshimana has maneuvered through Kampala’s chaotic traffic as a boda boda rider — a job she …
Read More »License to Watch: How Uganda’s digital number plates became spy tools
A Russian Company, a Chinese Network, and Uganda’s Surveillance State NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Kampala’s bustling streets now hold a new kind of gaze: the state’s watchful eye, embedded in every vehicle. Uganda’s Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), featuring mandatory digital number plates, is sold as a …
Read More »Court orders gov’t to produce key documents on vehicle tracking project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the Government to produce in court for inspection a set of key documents relating to the implementation of the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), a project being carried out by the Russian firm Joint Stock Company Global …
Read More »Digital plates for private vehicles to be issued starting Monday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Issuance of the digital registration plates for private and public motor vehicles is set to commence on Monday. In November 2023, the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) Project was launched and Digital number plates were rolled out starting with government vehicles. In November 2024, the …
Read More »ITMS set to install digital number plates on private vehicles
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), is ready to commence installation of digitalized number plates on private vehicles. ITMS is a Russian company procured by government to install number plates. The company started with government public vehicles and motorcycles. Fixing the plates on private vehicles …
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