New roads lead to prosperity

Uganda's transport sector is a key area for government spending. The landlocked country has invested heavily in transport infrastructure in order to improve its antiquated road network and its limited rail and air links.

China is playing a major role in this strategic development plan, with Chinese construction firms taking the lion's share of contracts, the result of the quality of their workmanship and their competitive prices. So far, they have built several government buildings and a football stadium. They are now constructing many of the new housing developments in the rapidly growing residential sector.

Overseeing these transport and infrastructural developments is the Ministry of Works and Transport, headed by John Nasasira. The Minister has identified the building of new roads and railroads as the catalyst for the country's future socioeconomic growth.