Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty five students from Makerere University have been selected to participate in a one-year training program organized by Kiira Motors. The program is aimed at equipping the students with skills in electric mobility and related technology. The selected students are from various engineering …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation new vehicle plant in Jinja is due for commissioning on Monday, further strengthening the growth of the electric mobility industry in Uganda. The Kiira Vehicle Plant has 65,000 square metres of production spaces has the capacity to produce electric and hybrid buses, …
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Jinja, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The resounding success of the inaugural E-mobility Expo in Jinja underscored Uganda’s commitment to a sustainable and electrified future. The event showcased the nation’s progress in transitioning to electric mobility (E-mobility) and highlighted the growing momentum behind this transformative sector. The expo served as a …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | King Mswati III of Eswatini has today visited the he Kiira Vehicle Plant and has hailed Uganda for having a project of this magnitude being undertaken – in Africa and which is 100% owned, driven, and operated by Africans. He also welcomed a …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s first e-Mobility Expo and Kiira Vehicle Plant (KVP) Open House is set for Friday 16th August 2024 at the Kiira Vehicle Plant in Jinja. Held under the theme “The Future is Green; The Future is Now”, the first-of-its-kind event organised by Kiira Motors Corporation …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation Thursday delivered a batch of eight 8-Meter Kayoola EVS buses produced at Luweero Industries Limited in Nakasongola to the Kiira Vehicle Plant in Jinja, bringing the total stock of Electric Buses produced in Uganda to fifteen 15. This has signalled Kiira …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDPEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) has unveiled the all-electric Kayoola EVS Model 2024 at the ongoing 2nd Uganda – Tanzania Business Forum at Johari Rotana Hotel in Dar es Salaam. The Kayoola EVS is a fully electric low-floor bus specifically designed for Urban Mass …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation, a budding indigenous mobility enterprise in the country has presented a 524 billion Shillings proposed business investment budget to the Presidential Affairs Committee of Parliament. It was contained in the Ministerial Policy Statement, and Budget Estimates for the FY 2024/2025. “We are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans will get a chance to showcase the leap into a new era of innovation at the National Science Week to take place from the 6th to the 11th of November 2023. President Yoweri Museveni will be chief guest at the event at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Monica Musenero last week announced that starting June 2023, Kiira Motors buses will be manufactured at the Jinja-based vehicle manufacturing plant. Musenero, who visited the plant to inspect the progress of the project at Jinja industrial and …
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