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A Partial submission of Global Country Study (2830003) On INFRASTRUCTURE in UGANDA Semester-3

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Student Name ROHIT PATEL SANDIP PATEL NIKUL PATEL HEENA THAKKAR NIKITA PATEL ROHIT GOSWAMI

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Brief Guide to infrastructure in Uganda:

Telecommunications: Banking and Finance: Education Transport Logistics: Energy: Quality of Life: Land

Industry
The industrial sector is being rehabilitated to resume production of building and construction materials, such as cement, reinforcing rods, corrugated roofing sheets, and paint. Domestically produced consumer goods include plastics, soap, cork, beer, and soft drinks. Major Cement manufacturers like 'Tororo Cement Ltd' caters to the need of building and construction material consumers across East Africa.

Transportation and Communications

Main articles: Transport in Uganda and Communications in Uganda Uganda has about 30,000 kilometers (18,750 mi.), of roads; some 2,800 kilometers (1,750 mi.) are paved. Most radiate from Kampala. The country has about 1,350 kilometers (800 mi.) of rail lines. A railroad originating at Mombasa on the Indian Ocean connects with Tororo, where it branches westward to Jinja, Kampala, and Kasese and northward to Mbale, Soroti, Lira, Gulu, and Pakwach. Uganda's important road and rail links to Mombasa serve its transport needs and also those of its neighbors-Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Congo and Sudan. An international airport is at Entebbe on the shore of Lake Victoria, some 32 kilometers (20 mi.) south of Kampala. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) regulates communications, primarily "delivered through an enabled private sector

3 Geography Area: 241,038 sq. km. (93,072 sq. mi.); about the size of Oregon. Cities: Capital--Kampala (2009 pop. 1.5 million). Other cities--Gulu, Lira, Jinja, Kasese, Mbarara, Mbale. Terrain: 27.9% of land area is arable, 11.2% is permanent cropland, and 17.5% is forest. Climate: Tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast.

ECONOMY Since assuming power in early 1986, Museveni's government has taken important steps toward economic rehabilitation and adopted policies that have promoted rapid economic development. The country's infrastructure--notably its transportation and communications systems that were destroyed by war and neglect--is being rebuilt. Recognizing the need for increased external support, Uganda negotiated a policy framework paper with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in 1987. It subsequently began implementing economic policies that resulted in a consistent pace of economic growth. Uganda was the first country to be eligible for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and had virtually all of its foreign debts forgiven by the IMF, World Bank, and major donors. Growth rates in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 were 8.7% and 7.1%, respectively. Inflation increased from 7.7% in 2007 to 14.2% in 2009, well above the government's annual target average of 5%, declined dramatically in 2010 as food crop prices decreased, and increased sharply again in the first part of 2011. The Ugandan shilling depreciated by approximately 11% in the first half of 2011.

Roads are the most commonly used transportation infrastructure in Uganda, accounting for more than 90% of cargo freight and passenger transportation. Uganda has about 78,100 kilometers (48,529 mi.) of roads. Only 3,000 kilometers (1,864 mi.) are paved, and most roads radiate from Kampala. The country has a 321 kilometer (200 mi.) rail network, much of which is not currently in use. Uganda's road and rail links to Mombasa serve some of the transportation needs of the neighboring countries of Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of D.R.C. and Sudan.

4 FOREIGN RELATIONS

The Ugandan Government generally seeks good relations with other nations without reference to ideological orientation. Uganda's relations with Rwanda, D.R.C., and Sudan have sometimes been strained because of security concerns. Uganda, D.R.C., Rwanda, and Burundi participated in the U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus process, which helped ease tensions and contributed to increased bilateral contacts with the aim of resolving conflicts between the neighbors. Uganda has over 4,000 peacekeepers in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

In addition to its friendly ties to Western nations, Uganda has maintained ties with North Korea, Libya, and Iran.

DEFENSE The Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF)--previously the National Resistance Army-constitutes the armed forces of Uganda. The UPDF's land and air forces have 50,000 soldiers, including approximately 5,000-6,000 currently deployed to AMISOM and the Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT) counter-LRA operations in central Africa. As the first country to deploy troops to AMISOM when it was established in 2007, Uganda has played a key and growing role in advancing regional peace and security. In recent years, the UPDF has become a modern and professionalized force that has largely moved beyond the human rights abuses committed during its military intervention in the D.R.C. in the 1990s. However, there are still reports of human rights abuses committed in the UPDF's ongoing Karamoja disarmament campaign in eastern Uganda, and some UPDF entities are alleged to have committed human rights violations with other organs of Ugandas security apparatus against the political opposition.

CONCLUSION

 INFRASTRUCTURE is of strategic importance to Ugandas economic growth;  Emphasis in the NTMP and the National Development Plan is given to rehabilitation/upgrading of the existing lines and construction of new regional and national links;  While Government can finance studies and preliminary engineering designs, the Private Sector and Development Partners are critical in the upgrading and new construction work; and  Depending on the form of financing, the most feasible infrastructure management option will be decided.