Funding found for Ugandan connections

EU funding will help with construction of Uganda’s Mbarara Bypass and upgrades to the Kampala Northern Bypass. The US$151 million in financing will help improve the country’s transportation. This move should help trade between Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Burundi to the Mombasa seaport in Kenya.
September 30, 2013 Read time: 1 min
3287 EU funding will help with construction of Uganda’s Mbarara Bypass and upgrades to the Kampala Northern Bypass. The US$151 million in financing will help improve the country’s transportation. This move should help trade between Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Burundi to the Mombasa seaport in Kenya.
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