Museveni requests UAE’s company to improve Kampala’s messy mass public transport system

To solve the transport problems that grapple Uganda’s capital Kampala, President Yoweri Museveni is turning to One Mobility Group; a United Arab Emirates-based transport company.

On Thursday in Kampala, the president met officials of One Mobility Group. At the meeting, the Group expressed interest in extending their services to Uganda by improving Kampala’s mass public transport system.

The President agreed but on the condition that they must use buses made or assembled in Uganda. “I’m very glad to hear that idea. The only point I would have added, you seem to have already worked on it because those buses I want those to be made here,” the President told the investors.

“You should use buses either made or assembled here because that is what we are planning. We are planning to make the buses using those people of  Metu and Kiira Motors,” Museveni added.

“If you can come in and work with them to operate, that will be very good. You must work with them. We don’t want to use imported buses, we want to use our own buses here,” he further told the visiting delegation.

The President also suggested that the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja calls for a meeting between, One Mobility Group, Kiira Motors and Metu to see how they can move forward together.

“The benefits of this initiative are very clear; less traffic jam, less fuel and time saving,” he added.

The Vice Chairman of One Mobility Group, Omeir Mohamed Omeir Yousef AlMheiri assured Museveni that they are very much ready to work with the two local bus manufacturing companies in order to achieve a common goal of putting an end to the traffic congestion in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.

The Group said they operate public transport in Abu Dhabi other Arab Countries, North Africa, Tanzania and Kenya. They said that they plan to integrate the minibuses and boda bodas into this system.

“Your Excellency, there are millions of Ugandans travelling from suburban areas to the city on a daily basis and that means that there’s so much time wasted in traffic and that translates to costs and expenses to the government.

So with this system, we are looking to find an effective and a more lively solution for Ugandans to be able to travel efficiently,”   Mohamed noted.

From managing the tremendously successful Fast Rent a Car, One Mobility Group has evolved to preside over a plethora of companies ranging from car hire, limo, taxi services and public transport services and maintenance facilities, excelling in each of these fields.

The company has grown from strength to strength, adopting a highly ambitious, quality-driven, goal-orientated business methodology that evolves with the market needs and requirements.