Kiira Motor Corporation has said that work on its motor vehicle manufacturing plant in Jinja City is 95 percent complete.

Speaking during a media tour of the factory, Mr Paul Musasizi, the Kiira Motor Corporation chief executive officer, said the plant, which can produce 2,500 annually in the short term, will be commissioned in October 2024.

“In the medium term which is five years to come, 22 buses will be produced per day, 200 in a month and 5,000 in a year,” he said, noting that the plant will be fitted with 163 machines, all of which have different functions in the vehicle manufacturing value chain and if fully functional, will have the capacity to produce at least 20,000 cars per annum and in the long run increase 20 fold.

Construction of the plant commenced in February 2019, undertaken by the UPDF Engineering Brigade under the National Enterprise Corporation. By 2020, Kiira had indicated that progress was at 60 percent.

The plant will also be key in pushing the e-mobility agenda outlined in the National e-Mobility Strategy under the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Technology.

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