The cabinet has revealed the details of the government’s initiative to license tuk-tuks and replace them with minivans. Spokesperson for the Cabinet Nader Saad explained, during a telephone interview with presenter Azza Mostafa on the “Tahrir Hall” program that the number of tuk-tuks in Egypt amounts to nearly 2.5 million, only 10 percent of which have obtained an official license. Saad said that among the reasons for not licensing tuk-tuks is the tendency to use them in criminal acts. The official registration of tuk-tuk provides a complete inventory of the data of its owners and comes with advantages such as health insurance and a pension for its owners. “The initiative also allows to replace a tuk-tuk with a minivan, after evaluating its condition and deducting its price from the value of the minivan,” said Saad.
