Uganda develops plan to cut fuel expenditures

Uganda is developing an urban transport policy that is expected to cut the country’s expenditure on fuel. Currently, the country spends Ush500 billion ($270 million) a year.

According to German Technical Co-operation, GTZ, the government’s consultant, the policy should consider technical options of redesigning existing infrastructure and build cycling and walking lanes in urban centres.

The use of bicycles as a means of saving energy is the main part of a national cycling masterplan on alternative modes of transport affordable to most of the population.

The policy designers want the government to invest more in building roads with paved surfaces.

The East African