Uganda's Kiira Motors in race against time

Kiira Motors' first solar-powered bus, Kayoola, built in 2016. FILE PHOTO | RACHEL MABALA 

Uganda’s automotive startup Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) is racing to make up for lost time as full funding for the project is now available and the firm can log its first commercial orders.

Civil contractor National Enterprise Corporation is putting the final touches to the assembly facility in Jinja. Shipments of tooling for both the manufacturing facility and final assembly lines is expected to arrive in November.