The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has approved construction of the proposed New Kampala Port at Bukasa, Kira in Wakiso district of Uganda. The actual construction work on this project, estimated to cover an area of 465 ha, is set to commence in June 2019.
The port is expected to connect Kampala to Dar es Salaam by water and cut transport costs between the two destinations. The project will be executed in three phases.
Phase-I will involve construction of the port, administration jetty, free trade zone, shunting yard, a two-berth multi-purpose terminal and a two- berth Roro terminal.
Phase-II will extend the multipurpose terminal by an additional two berths to a total quay length of 540 mtr by 2030, and the last phase will extend the quay length of the multi-purpose terminal to 960 mtr by 2040.
The port entailing an investment of USD 180 million is anticipated to start handling both export and import cargo by the start of 2020.