Kiira Motors, a government-owned automotive enterprise is set to assemble 1,030 buses by end of 2021.
But the success of the plant depends on having a market for its products. That is where the government comes in. It has banned the importation of buses and awarded a contract to little-known local company Tondeka to run a bus rapid transit for the capital city, Kampala.
The bus system will in the long term include the creation of bus stations and devoted lanes for buses to give them an advantage over the traffic-clogged streets.
Kiira’s beginnings
Kiira Motors received almost $40m in seed funding from government in 2018 to begin manufacturing. With this fund, it is finalising construction of a manufacturing plant in Jinja, 85km east of Kampala. The construction is being undertaken by the National Enterprise Corporation, a commercial arm of the Ugandan army.
Kiira Motors say will start
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