By Our Reporter

The Ugandan traffic police will in the near future be adequately equipped with a Samsung tablet which can identify fake driving permits .Traffic officials on different routes have been finding it hard to identify some of Ugandan drivers with fake driving permits.

Face Technologies has acquired and equipped the traffic police with the latest Samsung Tablets capable of linking to the computerised driving permits database. Using the mobile phone network system, the traffic enforcement personnel can instantly check the validity and authenticity of any driving permit.

By entering the permit number on the tablet, a connection is made with the database, and then a high resolution coloured picture of the permit is displayed. Nathan Tumushabe, the computerised driving permits project coordinator from the Ministry of Works and Transport revealed.