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The Kampala–Jinja Expressway, also known as the Jinja–Kampala Expressway, is a proposed four-lane toll highway in
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, linking
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, the capital and largest city of Uganda, with the city of Jinja in the
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of Uganda.


Location

The expressway will start at
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, a neighborhood in
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in the eastern part of Kampala. It is planned to go through
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and
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in
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, and end at the New Jinja Bridge in
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. The entire expressway will be a four-lane, dual carriageway, with limited access.


Overview

The current Kampala-Jinja Highway, (highway A109 on the map), forms part of the Northern Corridor of the Trans-Africa Highway, linking the
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port of
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with the
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port of
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,
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(DRC). The section of A109 between Jinja and Kampala is the busiest and most congested road in Uganda. It is the main import/export route for land-locked Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DRC. The expressway will pass to the south of the existing Kampala–Jinja Highway and is planned as a toll-road. In 2010, the Ugandan government engaged the
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as transaction adviser. They hired Integrated Transport Planning (ITP), a United Kingdom-based transportation consulting firm, to conduct feasibility studies and road design. A core investor will be identified who will build, own, and operate the toll road for 25 years from the date of commissioning. This public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement will be used on three other planned expressways, leading in and out of the nation's capital. Trademark East Africa, an affiliate of ITP, will provide oversight support to the
Uganda National Roads Authority The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) was a government agency mandated to develop and maintain the national roads network, advise the government on general roads policy, contribute to the addressing of national transport concerns, and perfo ...
(UNRA) in the management of PPP preparation, procurement, and implementation.


History

Construction was expected to begin in 2015, with commissioning planned for 2020. The expressway will be a toll-road, with vehicles that use it needing fittings with electronic billing devices. The construction contract will be awarded once the core investor in the toll road is identified and approved. The exact cost of the project has not been finalized. Estimates have varied from UGX:800 billion to a high of UGX:5.5 trillion (US$1.5 billion). In June 2014, the UNRA selected the
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as lead transaction advisor to assess the potential to develop the expressway on a public private partnership basis. ''Spea Engineering'' was hired to assist UNRA select one or more investors to design, build, finance, and operate the expressway. In July 2014 at the Financing Summit for Africa's Infrastructure that took place in
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, Senegal, the
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(COMESA) identified the expressway as a priority project, one of the six infrastructure projects to be developed before 2020. COMESA allocated US$74 million in funding towards its development.


Developments

In June 2016, the
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, through the
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(AFD), agreed to lend €180 million (Shs667 billion) to the Ugandan government, towards the construction of this toll expressway. Construction was planned to begin in 2017. In May 2018, the
Uganda National Roads Authority The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) was a government agency mandated to develop and maintain the national roads network, advise the government on general roads policy, contribute to the addressing of national transport concerns, and perfo ...
(UNRA), advertised for bids from aspiring developers to design, build, finance, operate and later transfer the project back to the government after recovering their investment in the proposed , US$1 billion road project. The
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has also offered funding for this project. In September 2018, UNRA revealed that eight firms had bid to be considered in awarding of the contract for the construction of this highway and the connecting Kampala Southern Bypass Highway. The consortia vying for the contract include (1)
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& ''China First Highway Engineering Company Limited'' (2) A consortium of French and Portuguese firms KJ Connect, Vinci Concessions &
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(3) A consortium of
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& Turkish firms,
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& IC Ictas (4) Enkula Expressway Consortium from
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(5) A consortium of Chang Chyi Enterprise Company Limited (CCECL) & CRCCIG from
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(6) Shapoorji Pacconji Group from
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(7) Tecnasol Luisa Goncal from Portugal and (8)
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n and Chinese firms, comprising the CCKS Consortium. In November 2021, the Ministry of Works and Transport, whittled the potential contractor list down to four consortia. These are (a) KJ Connect Consortium from France and Portugal (b) CCCC–CFHEC Consortium from China (c) STRABAG/ICTAS/EGIS/AIF3/STOA Consortium from Austria, Germany, Poland, Turkey and France and (d) CCKS Consortium from China and South Korea. As of February 2024, the Ugandan government and the funders, donors and advisors were still negotiating the terms of the concession agreement under the "design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (DBFOT) model". The concession duration will be 30 years, after which the asset will revert to the Ugandan government.


Financing

In November 2018, the total project cost of the Kampala-Jinja Expressway and the Kampala Southern Bypass Highway was quoted at US$1.55 billion. The funds will be raised through a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement. The same source reported that the
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had approved US$229.5 million in sovereign loans to go towards the development of this transportation system. As of March 2020, the financing of this expressway and the associated Kampala Southern Bypass Highway, are as illustrated in the table below: *Note: Totals are slightly off due to rounding. In March 2021, the African Development Bank, represented by ''Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan'', their country representative in Uganda and the government of Uganda, represented by Matia Kasaija, the then Finance Minister, signed loan documents for a loan worth US$229.5 million to support the construction of the Kampala Southern Bypass Highway and the
Kampala Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindy ...
to Namagunga section of the main expressway. The remaining expressway from Namagunga to Jinja is mainly in rural country and measures approximately . That section will be funded by other means, through a public-private partnership arrangement.


Construction

As of April 2021, construction is expected to commence in 2022 and last five years. The
Uganda National Roads Authority The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) was a government agency mandated to develop and maintain the national roads network, advise the government on general roads policy, contribute to the addressing of national transport concerns, and perfo ...
(UNRA), estimates that approximately 1,500 jobs will be created during the construction phase, while an estimated 250 permanent jobs will be required when the expressway becomes operative.


Other considerations

Among the benefits expected out of the road, one of the most important is the anticipated time savings. As of July 2024, motor vehicles traversing the Kampala-Jinja Highway spend an average of two hours traveling that . The new toll highway is expected to reduce that time to under one hour.


See also

* New Jinja Bridge * *


References


External links


Kampala-Jinja Expressway PPP Project Phase 1:Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
As of August 2018
Japanese and South Korean Companies to Construct 'Iconic' Bridge Across Nile

Uganda Plans US$1 Billion 2015 Road Tender
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