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The French government, through its public bank and overseas development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has said it will commit €180m (Shs667b) to the development of the proposed Kampala-Jinja Expressway next year.
The loan was revealed by Ms Virgnie Leroy, the AFD’s country representative, on Wednesday during a meeting with journalists in Kampala to highlight their projects in Uganda.
“The project is one of the exciting undertakings by the government [of Uganda], and we are ready to offer them any help,” Ms Leroy said.
From what we know so far, she said, there will be a number of aspects that will require financing from environmental studies, studies for the resettlement action plan and others, “which need to be updated.”
“However, we will have to work with the Ministry of Finance to find allocation for the money,” she added.
The ambitious toll road project is estimated to cost about Shs800b, and will be financed through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
The AFD financing (loan) will, however, fit in on the side of government. The 77km stretch will start at Nakawa in Kampala and connect to Jinja Township. Officials say sections of the road will have four to eight lanes, respectively at various points. For example, it will have six lanes between Bweyogerere and Lugazi, and then a dual carriage between Lugazi and Jinja.
Its development will also go hand-in-hand with construction of the Kampala Southern Bypass, an 18km road stretch that will start at Butabika, on the eastern outskirts of Kampala, and connect to the New Kampala-Jinja Expressway and Munyonyo at the new Entebbe-Kampala Expressway whose construction is already ongoing.
Ms Leroy, described the Kampala-Southern By-pass as “oxygen” to Kampala-Jinja Expressway which is aimed at easing traffic flow from the poorly planned capital city.
The loan was revealed by Ms Virgnie Leroy, the AFD’s country representative, on Wednesday during a meeting with journalists in Kampala to highlight their projects in Uganda.
“The project is one of the exciting undertakings by the government [of Uganda], and we are ready to offer them any help,” Ms Leroy said.
From what we know so far, she said, there will be a number of aspects that will require financing from environmental studies, studies for the resettlement action plan and others, “which need to be updated.”
“However, we will have to work with the Ministry of Finance to find allocation for the money,” she added.
The ambitious toll road project is estimated to cost about Shs800b, and will be financed through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
The AFD financing (loan) will, however, fit in on the side of government. The 77km stretch will start at Nakawa in Kampala and connect to Jinja Township. Officials say sections of the road will have four to eight lanes, respectively at various points. For example, it will have six lanes between Bweyogerere and Lugazi, and then a dual carriage between Lugazi and Jinja.
Its development will also go hand-in-hand with construction of the Kampala Southern Bypass, an 18km road stretch that will start at Butabika, on the eastern outskirts of Kampala, and connect to the New Kampala-Jinja Expressway and Munyonyo at the new Entebbe-Kampala Expressway whose construction is already ongoing.
Ms Leroy, described the Kampala-Southern By-pass as “oxygen” to Kampala-Jinja Expressway which is aimed at easing traffic flow from the poorly planned capital city.
