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Uganda's Kiira Motors unveils solar-powered bus

Kiira Motors' first solar-powered bus. The firm now hopes to attract partners to help mass produce the bus by 2039. PHOTO | RACHEL MABALA 

Uganda's first solar-powered bus has been taken on a test drive and its makers now hope it will move forward the country's automotive industry.

The Kiira Motors' Kayoola prototype electric bus was shown off at Namboole stadium on Sunday in Uganda's capital, Kampala. Kayoola is loosely translated as ‘mass carrier'.

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