Taxi Drivers In Jinja Strike Over High Fuel Price Taxi drivers in Jinja city are holding a sit-down strike to protest the skyrocketing prices of fuel in the country. Residents woke up to bare streets as taxi drivers stayed in the park. Hassan Kirunda, a taxi driver, said โthe business is no longer sustainable because of increasing prices of petrol.โโWe canโt keep increasing the fare because itโs unaffordable for passengers. The business is not profitable at all. We want the government to find a way of subsidizing fuel.โ