CASE STUDY from ASToN (2019-2022): The Action Plan of Kampala (Uganda)

Traffic congestion is one problem the Kampala Capital City Authority is set to tackle. It has a major impact across the city both in terms of pollution and wasted time for drivers. And while the causes of congestion are numerous, a lack of reliable information for citizens on traffic activity is seen as a major contributing factor that can be mitigated. Kampala’s Local Action Plan is focused on Kampala Konnect – a unifying vision for improved traffic mobility led by the local authority. One element of this roadmap is the development of a citizen-facing, incident reporting tool, for traffic accidents and other causes of congestion such as flooding or potholes.
To deliver this plan, the Local Action group has worked on garnering a number of crucial, interconnected elements:
• First, strategic clarity, detailing how this plan feeds into other city-wide documents and strategies;
• Second, insights from the experimentation phase, crucial evidence informing future implementation;
• Third, an implementation plan, detailing how the plan will be rolled out, including responsibilities and financing;
• And finally, key metrics of success, defining how the team will track the effectiveness and efficiency of the plan as it is being rolled out.