{"id":5496,"date":"2022-04-25T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:24:11","slug":"minister-dr-musenero-hails-kiira-motors-as-kayoola-coach-returns-on-maiden-international-trip-to-naivasha-%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-dr-musenero-hails-kiira-motors-as-kayoola-coach-returns-on-maiden-international-trip-to-naivasha-%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Dr Musenero hails Kiira Motors as Kayoola Coach returns on maiden international trip to Naivasha\u00a0\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr Monica Musenero, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation has pledged to continue pushing for the development of the country\u2019s nascent automotive industry by having more buses on the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister made the remarks on Sunday night at Lugogo Mall while receiving delegates who had attended the 97th Rotary District Conference in Naivasha Kenya and had traveled on the  Kayoola Diesel Coach (KDC), a luxurious long haul bus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time that a Ugandan made bus has taken delegates to an international conference in another country and brought them back. It is the first time that we are seeing the Kayoola Coach on such a journey and that is why I am here at midnight to welcome you all,\u201d Dr Musenero told the delegates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will put more buses on the road and I am here to assure you of our unrelenting desire to develop the automotive industry through innovation,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" data-attachment-id=\"5498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-dr-musenero-hails-kiira-motors-as-kayoola-coach-returns-on-maiden-international-trip-to-naivasha-%ef%bf%bc\/kdc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kdc.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,666\" 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=\"kdc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kdc.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kdc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kdc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kdc.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kdc.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kdc.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kayoola Coach that took the delegates to Kenya is being commercially operated by Kaliita Travelers, a renown bus passenger transport company.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOther people in other buses were stopping for breaks, we didn\u2019t need to as the Kayoola Coach has a toilet and fridge for refreshments. The reclining chairs made the distance of close to 500km very bearable,\u201d Jane Ndagire, one of the delegates who traveled on the bus said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe internet on the bus\u2019 wifi was fast and the charging ports for our smartphones meant that we were always in touch with friends and family, updating them on the journey all the time,\u201d James Okello, another delegate said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kayoola Coach is fitted with air suspension that make traveling on roads with many humps as is the case in East Africa comfortable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Isaac Musasizi, the Kiira Motos CEO thanked Rotary for choosing the Kayoola Coach and promised that by the next conference, more buses should be available. More than 1,300 delegates from Uganda and elsewhere attended the conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 98th Rotary District 9213 Conference will be held in the western city of Mbarara in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Monica Musenero, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation has pledged to continue pushing for the development of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5497,"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":[168,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-development","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ko-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12339,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-meets-kiira-motors-team-gives-the-green-light-regional-markets-for-kayoola-buses-made-in-uganda\/","url_meta":{"origin":5496,"position":0},"title":"President Museveni Meets Kiira Motors Team Gives The Green Light To Explore Regional Markets For Kayoola Buses Made In Uganda","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni has met officials from Uganda's Automotive Industry flagship Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) led by the STI Minister Dr. Monica Musenero and given them a go ahead to explore regional markets . 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