Achievements under development of new Kampala Port in Bukasa where; 233 Project Affected Persons (PAPs) of the project had been compensated by the end of the FY 2020/21.
Under Maritime, the inception report of the Maritime search and Rescue Policy had been development and submitted. Registering and licensing of water vessels and the establishment of the marine training institute were also done.
Railway Transport sector recorded an improvement in operations. The transit days reduced to an average age of 20 days by the end of the FY from 41 days last year while the wagon turnaround days were at an average of 37 days compared to 47 days the previous year.
The Government of Uganda acquired a loan from European Union in addition to the co-funding of GoU to repair the meter Gauge railway from Tororo to Gulu which is expected to improve further its performance. URC is currently carrying out re-sleeping, weeding, bush clearing, stack parking and joint packing. Implementation of the pre-construction activities e.g. acquisition of the Right of way for the SGR continued during the FY, albeit at a slow pace.
The Government continued to undertake major development projects in air transport. The two key projects are the expansion of Entebbe International Airport which was at 75.1% in level overall progress at the end of the FY 2020/21 as compared to 73% in the FY 2019/20. The kabaale Airport in Hoima was at 63.2% level of progress against a target of 72% because of COVID 19.
Other projects were also undertaken at different regional airports. In the financial year aircraft and passenger movement, domestic and international passe3ngers declined due to the closure of the Entebbe International airport as a result of COVID 19. The international passenger movement declined from 1,355,772 passengers in FY 2019/20 tO 580,238 passengers in FY 2020/21.