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A treaty between Uganda and Egypt ensured that the dam would not alter the natural flow of the Nile. The consultant engineer on the project was Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners. Eighty thousand tons of plant and construction materials (including 36,000 tons of cement) were shipped out from Europe in the difficult post-war period.
The 132 kilo Volt power line starts at the 132kV substation at Lira, approximately 337 kilometres (209 mi), by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [4] The power line travels in a general northwesterly direction to Gulu, the largest city in Northern Uganda, a distance of approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi), by road from Lira.
The current Karuma Bridge (the old bridge) was constructed in 1963, one year after Uganda attained independence from Britain. [1] The old bridge is a narrow, one carriageway (one lane in each direction), without pedestrian or bicycle lanes and no monitoring equipment. [2]
The bridge is located at Jinja city ( the second capital of Uganda after Kampala) across the Victoria Nile, between the source of the Nile to the south and Nalubaale Power Station (old bridge) to the north. This is adjacent and immediately north of where the Uganda Railways line crosses the Victoria Nile.
In 2012, he was appointed director of Ecobank Uganda Limited, one of the largest banks in Africa for 7 years, and appointed chairman board of directors in 2019 for the "Pan African Bank." [11] [12] [13] He is also the chairman board of directors for Nile Hotel International Ltd., the Government enterprise that owns Kampala Serena Hotel.
Uganda, [b] officially the Republic of Uganda, [c] is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya , to the north by South Sudan , to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo , to the south-west by Rwanda , and to the south by Tanzania .
[24] [25] In December 2023, the Nile Post a Ugandan online publication, reported that after the ongoing renovations were completed the name of the stadium would be changed to Hamz Stadium Nakivubo. [26] The renovated stadium was commissioned by Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan Head of State on 25 April 2024. [4]
Kiira Motors Corporation Company type State enterprise Industry Automotive Founded 2014 Headquarters Kiira Vehicle Plant, Jinja, Uganda Key people Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa (Executive Chairman) Paul Isaac Musasizi (Chief Executive Officer) Products Automobiles Owner Government of Uganda (96%) Makerere University (4%) Website kiiramotors.com Kiira Motors Corporation or KMC is a State ...