The Tondeka Metropolitan Kampala Bus Service (TMBS) is the proposed principal public transport operator in the Kampala metropolitan area. Expected to start in September 2020, the bus system, Tondeka Metro, proposes to serve the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital, the city of Entebbe, including Entebbe International Airport, Buloba, Nsangi, Ssabagabo, Mukono, Kira Town, Matugga, Wakiso, and the areas in Mukono District and Wakiso District that connect with these urban centers.[1][2]
History
The Kampala metropolitan area (Kampala, Entebbe, Wakiso District and Mukono District) had a total population of approximately four million residents according to the August 2014 national population census.[3] More than half of this total population pour onto the narrow roads leading to Kampala city center to go to work, school, hospitals, court, banks or to access other government and private services. This leads to gridlock on the city streets and roads as commuter taxis (kamunye), motorcycle taxis (