4-707: The Masaka–Mbarara Road is a road in the Central and Western Regions of Uganda , connecting the cities of Masaka in Masaka District , Central Region and Mbarara in Mbarara District , Western Region. The road starts at Masaka and goes through Lyantonde , and ends in Mbarara, a distance of about 138 kilometres (86 mi). The road improvements involved road extensions making the contract road length 154.2 kilometres (96 mi). The coordinates of
8-475: A cost of Sh230 billion (approx. €79 or US$ 104 million at that time). 00°26′00″S 31°05′40″E / 0.43333°S 31.09444°E / -0.43333; 31.09444 Central Region, Uganda The Central region is one of the four regions in the country of Uganda . As of Uganda's 2014 census , the region's population was 9,529,227. It is coterminous with the Kingdom of Buganda , one of
12-928: The ancient African monarchies that are constitutionally recognised in Uganda. As of 2010 , the Central region contains 24 districts : the central regions main source of energy is hydroelectricity from the Nnalubaale Power Station in Njeru and the Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station on Lake Nnalubaale (Lake Victoria). Smaller thermal power plants operate in Buganda like the heavy fuel oil-fired Namanve Power Station in Namanve , Mukono District . Small solar power plants like
16-490: The road west of the town of Lyantonde are 0°26'00.0"S, 31°05'40.0"E (Latitude:-0.433343; Longitude:31.094438). Before 2008, the road had a bitumen surface in poor state. In 2008, the government of Uganda , with funding from the European Union , began upgrading the road to grade II bitumen surface with shoulders, culverts, and drainage channels. The work was contracted to Reynolds Construction Company of Nigeria , at
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