Kiira Motors Corporation, Uganda’s automotive startup is racing to have two-thirds if its vehicle parts and components produced locally by 2030, as the commercial production date nears. This translates into roughly 19,500 of the 30,000 typical vehicle parts.
The production plant in Jinja is 85 percent complete and commercial production is expected to start in January 2022, with an initial target of 5,000 vehicles a year. The first delivery of 300 buses for Kampala mass transit system operator Tondeka Metro will follow a month later.
