| Project Detail |
This intervention concerns Laropi-Moyo-Afoji/Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi Road Project. It is expected to boost incomes, deepen regional integration, and facilitate trade while opening an alternative transport corridor linking Uganda, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic (CAR). The proposed road development project will contribute to a reduction of non-tariff barriers, widening market access for agricultural produce and products, and tourism, and fostering seamless cross-border movements of passengers, services, and goods. It will further enhance frontier security and safety, seal revenue leakages, enhance digitalization of trade and transport operations on the new corridor. Key outcomes include: (i) reduction of vulnerabilities by improved access to social amenities; (ii) widened market access for agricultural produce; and (iii) widening business opportunities both in Uganda and across the borders particularly, via to be constructed OSBP, at Afoji into South Sudan.
Project Objectives
The development objective of the project is to improve rural transport connectivity and facilitate regional integration in Kabale, Rubanda, and Moyo districts of Uganda. The intervention is expected to increase transport access, thereby expanding internal and cross-border trading opportunities.
Beneficiaries
The project road will provide a vital access to several refugee settlements and support agricultural communities in Kabale and Rubanda Districts with a combined population of 460,000 people. Southwestern Uganda is home to the mountain gorillas of Bwindi and the scenic Lake Bunyonyi, which attract large numbers of tourist in the project area. The project shall also build upon market facilities provided under the Bank financed MATIP project in Uganda in terms of widening market access to farmers. Considering the cross-border trade in Kabale and Moyo districts, the project is expected to directly benefit up to 1.1 million people (50.47% of whom are females) consisting of refugees, farmers, traders, and tourists. |
