Kampala is likely to miss its target of manufacturing vehicles by mid-2021 as its automobile project — Kiira Motors — runs into funding problems.
Alongside Uganda Airlines, Kiira Motors is one of President Yoweri Museveni’s pet projects, which have seen the state focus on sectors the private sector has little appetite for. But while the former passed a turning point with the delivery of the first pair of aircraft last month, Kiira Motors faces little buy-in by government technocrats. This has resulted in a mismatch between project timelines and funding releases by the Treasury.
