UGANDA - Laropi-Moyo-Afoji /Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi Road Project — Uganda

Overview

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. The project contributes to climate finance, with 63 million USD of the total approved amount dedicated to adaptation.