Editing Economy of Uganda (section)

==Transportation==
{{Main|Transport in Uganda}}
As of 2017, Uganda had about {{convert|130000|km|0}} of roads, with approximately {{convert|5300|km|0}} (4 percent) paved.<ref name="18R">{{cite web |url=http://www.works.go.ug/key-summary-statistics/ |title=Key Summary Statistics |publisher=[[Ministry of Works and Transport (Uganda)|Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport]] |author=Ministry of Works & Transport |location=Kampala |date=2017 |access-date=8 June 2018 |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730233749/http://www.works.go.ug/key-summary-statistics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most paved roads radiate from [[Kampala]], the country's capital and largest city.<ref name="19R">{{cite web |access-date=8 June 2018 |url=http://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Uganda+Road+Network;jsessionid=33424C63E9836C9F20970F98F58B9A0F |title=Map of Uganda Showing Main Roads |date=2017 |publisher=Dlca.logcluster.org |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120195253/https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Uganda+Road+Network;jsessionid=33424C63E9836C9F20970F98F58B9A0F |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 2017, Uganda's metre gauge railway network measures about {{convert|1250|km|0}} in length. Of this, about 56% ({{convert|700|km|0}}), is operational. A railroad originating at [[Mombasa]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] connects with [[Tororo]], where it branches westward to [[Jinja, Uganda|Jinja]], Kampala, and [[Kasese]] and northward to [[Mbale]], [[Soroti]], Lira, [[Gulu]], and [[Pakwach]]. The only railway line still operating, however, is the one to Kampala.<ref name="18R"/>

Uganda's important link to the port of Mombasa is now mainly by road, which serves its transport needs and also those of neighboring [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], parts of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and [[South Sudan]].<ref name="20R">{{cite web |url=http://www.ttcanc.org/page.php?id=11 |title=About the Northern Transportation Corridor |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=2018 |publisher=[[Northern Corridor|Northern Corridor Transit and Transportation Coordination Authority]] (NCTTCA) |author=NCTTCA |location=Mombasa |archive-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064253/http://www.ttcanc.org/page.php?id=11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

An [[Entebbe International Airport|international airport]] is at [[Entebbe]] on the northern shores of [[Lake Victoria]], about {{convert|41|km|mi}} south of Kampala.<ref name="21R">{{cite web| url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Post%20Office%20Building%2C%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Entebbe%20International%20Airport%2C%205536%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Entebbe%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJXyfX9IC8fRcRorrkbY-nufI&dt2=ChIJr4G6N82GfRcRHz1D1jmhq50 |title=Distance between Post Office Building, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Entebbe International Airport, 5536 Kampala Road, Entebbe, Uganda |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=8 June 2018 |author=Globefeed.com |publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref> In January 2018, the [[government of Uganda]] began the construction of [[Hoima International Airport|Kabalega International Airport]], in the [[Western Region, Uganda|Western Region]] of Uganda. This will be Uganda's second international airport, which is planned to facilitate the construction of [[Uganda Oil Refinery|an oil refinery]] and boost tourism.<ref name="22R">{{cite web| url=http://www.ftwonline.co.za/article/129383/Second-international-airport-on-the-way-for-Uganda |title=Second international airport on the way for Uganda |date=11 December 2017 |access-date=8 June 2018 |last=Steenhoff-Snethlage | first=Erin |publisher=Ftwonline.co.za |location=Johannesburg}}</ref>

The transport union Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATWGU) is one of the more powerful trade unions in the country with about 100,000 members, many of whom are informal workers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schminke |first1=Tobias Gerhard |title=Labour-centred development and decent work : a structuralist perspective on informal employment and trade union organizing in Uganda |date=2019 |publisher=Saint Mary's University |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |url=https://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/29224 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>