GOVERNMENT is taking advantage of fuel queues to pounce on vehicle owners who have failed to regularise their licenses, Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza has said.

Matiza told NewsDay yesterday that government would be deploying officers from the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) to flush out unregistered vehicles.
“People were given a deadline and those that complied have no reason to be scared. We are after those that have failed to regularise their licenses as required by the law. Beginning today (yesterday), we
will have officers inspecting all fuel queues to check vehicle registration and related issues,” he said.
Government, according to officials, is already in the process of deregistering over 130 000 vehicles
whose owners have defaulted in paying licence fees over the last two years to July this year.
Fuel shortages have triggered snaking queues across the country as motorists spend hours on end
waiting for deliveries of the precious liquid.
Government has, however, blamed hoarding for the shortages.
Matiza said some of the cars targeted for deregistration were being used for hoarding fuel.
“The latest move will also help us deal with those using unregistered vehicles as conduits to hoard fuel
for resale on the black market,” he said.Newsday