Tondeka supports Presidential directive on local bus manufacturing

As Kampala awaits the change of the mode of public transport from small carriers to bigger ones as per the presidential directive, private player Tondeka Metro Company has come out to support the recent presidential ban on importation of buses in Uganda.  Tondeka’s Chief Executive Dennis Kibukamusoke says that the Presidential directive is a welcome move and Tondeka was already considering working with local manufacturers in its second phase of implementation. Kibukamusoke says the directive of the President is not new because he had already directed Tondeka to only import the initial 980 buses and work out a mechanism to…