{"id":5171,"date":"2022-02-26T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T16:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2022-02-28T09:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T09:02:46","slug":"miles-4-smiles-motor-vehicle-enthusiasts-tour-kiira-motors-vehicle-plant-in-jinja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/miles-4-smiles-motor-vehicle-enthusiasts-tour-kiira-motors-vehicle-plant-in-jinja\/","title":{"rendered":"MILES 4 SMILES MOTOR VEHICLE  ENTHUSIASTS TOUR KIIRA MOTORS VEHICLE PLANT IN JINJA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Members of the Ugandan  famed Miles 4 Smiles &#8211; a group of motor vehicles enthusiasts ,mechanics and professionals have  toured the multi-billion Kiira Vehicles Plant (KVP) at the jinja Industrial and Business park and pledged to support -mission vehicles made in Uganda- all the way &#8211; by buying vehicles produced by Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s automakers and industry champions are now taking orders to produce buses for the local, regional and continental markets .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"5173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/miles-4-smiles-motor-vehicle-enthusiasts-tour-kiira-motors-vehicle-plant-in-jinja\/kc2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,810\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kc2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Miles 4 Smiles has over 200 members countrywide  who each offer their relevant expertise in achieving the noble cause of charity . They were received at the plant by a team of Kiira Motors officials led by the Director of Sales and Marketing ,Mr. Allan Muhumuza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phase one of the Kiira Vehicle Plant which has been constructed by the UPDF Engineering Brigade under the army&#8217;s trading arm -the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) is at 98% completion and has capacity to produce 22 buses a day and 5,000 a year. Some of the KMC  products include the Kayoola EVs -the fully electric buses and the Kayoola Diesel Coach (KDC) -which for the last two years have been used to offer shuttle services for the staff of Civil Aviation Authority .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Do you want to buy a locally made durable  bus (both electric and diesel) please contact Kiira Motors Corporation at their home in Ntinda ,Kampala.  <\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Telephone contact;0783039613<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Ugandan famed Miles 4 Smiles &#8211; a group of motor vehicles enthusiasts ,mechanics and professionals have toured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-national-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kc-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3128,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/mission-vehicles-made-in-uganda-the-board-of-national-planning-authority-visit-kiira-motors-vehicle-plant-in-jinja\/","url_meta":{"origin":5171,"position":0},"title":"Mission Vehicles Made in Uganda the Board of National Planning Authority visit Kiira  Motors Vehicle Plant in Jinja","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"May 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Today , Uganda's Automotive Industry flagship , Kiira Motors hosted the Board of Directors of the National Planning Authority , (NPA), to appreciate the progress made at the Kiira Motors Vehicles Plant which is being constructed by the UPDF engineering brigade under the National Enterprise Corporation ,(NEC) led by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Breaking News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Breaking News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/breaking-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20210505-WA0163.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20210505-WA0163.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20210505-WA0163.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20210505-WA0163.jpg 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2115,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/mps-have-commended-kiira-motors-and-updf-for-progress-made-to-complete-the-vehicle-plant-construction-on-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":5171,"position":1},"title":"MPS  HAVE COMMENDED KIIRA MOTORS AND UPDF FOR PROGRESS MADE TO COMPLETE THE VEHICLE PLANT CONSTRUCTION ON TIME","author":"MOSES SSERWANGA","date":"October 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Members of the \u00a0Parliamentary Committee on \u00a0Science and \u00a0Technology led by their chairman, Mr. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga\u00a0have\u00a0 applauded the management of Kiira Motors Corporation and the UPDF Engineering Brigade working through National Enterprise Corporation NEC,for the high quality construction \u00a0work and progress made at the Kiira Vehicle Plant Site in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tumwesigye.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tumwesigye.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tumwesigye.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tumwesigye.jpg 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1151,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/speaker-kadaga-visits-kiira-vehicles-plant-in-kayoola-electric-bus-pledges-full-support\/","url_meta":{"origin":5171,"position":2},"title":"SPEAKER KADAGA VISITS KIIRA VEHICLES PLANT IN KAYOOLA ELECTRIC BUS PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT","author":"MOSES SSERWANGA","date":"March 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The commercialization of Kiira electric vehicles will lead to import substitution, create jobs, and contribute to national economic growth, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. 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