David GOMBE
Kiira Motors Company (KMC) a state enterprise established to champion worth addition within the nascent Motor Car Trade in Uganda has joined the Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon because the official transport accomplice.
The marathon is an annual initiative seeking to create a world-class working occasion that celebrates the wonder and majesty of the Rwenzori Mountains whereas selling wholesome residing, boosting tourism, and supporting native communities will happen in Kasese on the twenty fourth of August 2024.
Moreover, the marathon goals to encourage environmental conservation over the consequences of local weather change on the Rwenzori Mountains characterised by a speedy lack of glaciers and resulting in damaging floods, and a sample of much less frequent however heavier rainfall which highlights the necessity for extra eco-friendly tourism initiatives.
For the engagement, Kiira Motors will deploy sustainable mobility options together with three 10.5m Kayoola EVS electrical buses, one 8.5m Kayoola EVS, one Kayoola E-Coach, and charging infrastructure alongside the Kampala to Kasese route.
Whereas chatting with the event, Mr. Paul Isaac Musasizi, the CEO of Kiira Motors, stated, “We’re proud to be becoming a member of this commendable effort – which is an excellent alternative for us to encourage the adoption of sustainable e-mobility options in direction of selling eco-friendly tourism and supporting the discount of emissions inside the nation’s vacationer websites.”
The event follows KMC’s internet hosting of Africa’s first and largest e-Mobility Expo which introduced collectively a number of policymakers, traders, and producers inside the ecosystem to showcase Ugandan e-mobility improvements and encourage the adoption of electrical mobility options.
The marathon attracted roughly 2,000 Ugandan and worldwide runners to Kasese in 2023, and this weekend’s version is anticipated to draw over 3,000 most of whom will journey to Kasese by highway.
Amos Wekesa, one of many marathon’s organisers, stated,
“We’re excited to workforce up with Kira Motors for this yr’s marathon. Their electrical buses will make attending to Kasese simpler and extra eco-friendly. It’s an enormous step ahead in retaining our occasion inexperienced whereas ensuring everybody can be a part of us for the race.”
