A team from the Environment for Development Initiative-Makerere (EfD-Mak) and Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) fellows, led by Uganda’s Policy Engagement Specialist, Dr. Peter Babyenda, recently visited Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) in Jinja.
Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) unveiled the 2024 Bus Product Line at the 2nd Uganda - Tanzania Business Forum held at Johari Rotana Hotel in Dar es Salaam, which started on Thursday, May 23 and will end today, Friday, May 24.
BY MOSES SSERWANGA
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr. Monica Musenero on Wednesday visited the Kiira Vehicle Plant Site, which is being constructed in Jinja Industrial and Business Park.
By Moses Paul Sserwanga
A 13-member Board of Directors for Uganda’s Automotive Industry flagship Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) has been inaugurated in Kampala by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MoSTI) Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye.
Kiira Motors Corporation is working with reputable strategic partners to produce 30,000 Buses for the regional market, with 65% parts and components localized by 2030.
Government has announced June 2021 as the date for the start of manufacture of electric cars in Uganda, having failed to hit the 2018 deadline.
The road from Kampala, the capital of Uganda, to Jinja, the site of Africa’s first electric bus factory, was packed with cars on a July morning. The traffic crawled. Breathing hurt your throat.
