The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has followed through on its promise by arresting approximately 22 drivers who have grossly disobeyed its order to charge approved transport fares.

Their commercial vehicles have also been impounded at the premises of the KMA, pending legal action.

According to Mr. Randy Wilson, Head of Urban Transport at KMA, before an impounded vehicle would be released, recalcitrant commercial drivers will pay a fine ranging from 500 to 1,500 cedis, as prescribed by the Assembly’s Special Exercise Fine, approved on July 28, 2023.

KMA’s Transport task force, comprising staff from the transport department, assembly members, metro guards, and other security officers, took action against these recalcitrant commercial drivers when they chanced upon them charging unapproved transport fares.

For the record, the Public Relations Unit of KMA issued a press release on May 26, 2025, asking all commercial vehicles to fully comply with the 15% reduction of transport fares that was approved by the national leadership of transport unions, effective May 24, 2025.

The release further stated that “it’s essential to note that any commercial driver who refuses to charge the approved reduced fare commits a criminal offence punishable by law.”

Mr Randy Wilson assured that the KMA is leaving no stone unturned in its attempt to ensure sanity and order on the roads in Kumasi and its immediate environs.

By this move, he added that the KMA is announcing to the public that it will not relent in its bid to maintain order when it’s due.

BY Thomas Awuah Asem

Kumasi