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The MV Kyoga II ferry on Lake Kyoga. The $3.7 million ferry built by a Danish company Johs Gram- Hanssen-Western Marine Shipyard with funding from Uganda Road Fund, has a capacity of 16 vehicles and 120 passengers. It travels at 16.7 kilometres per hour, which is twice the speed of MV Kyoga I whose speed is 8.33 kilometres an hour and takes one hour and 10 minutes to cross the 9.1-kilometer lake stretch from Namasale in Amolatar district to Zengebe in Nakasongola. The Namasale-Zengebe ferries serve the neighbouring districts of Kaberamaido, Dokolo, Amolatar, Amuria and parts of Soroti.
Ferries are a critical component of Uganda’s inland water transport. Nine (09) ferries at Kiyindi, Mbulamuti, Masindi Port, Laropi, Obongi, Kyoga 1, Kyoga 2 , Nakiwogo and Bisina were fully operational by the close o the FY 2018/19 and delivered the scheduled trips.
Ministry of Works and Transport in 2018/19 received approvals for the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) reports for the planned Bukasa port from the Chief Government Valuer (CGV) and National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) respectively. Construction works of the access road was reported to be at 35% completion by end of FY2018/19.
An Inland Water Transport(IWT) Bill, 2019 to provide a legislative framework to improve Inland Water Transport and to encourage Private Sector investment in order to promote safety, security and prevention of marine pollution to save lives and reduce injuries.
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