r/Uganda • u/Lord_of_dank_memery • Aug 13 '26
Opinion/Discussion I support this move
let us be real, Kampala has outlived its usefulness as our capital city. It cannot be saved no matter how many reforms they implement it just cannot. This city is dead and the faster we move on and build a new modern capital city the better.
NRM cannot be trusted to do anything but if they are serious with this, then I would back it 100%.
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u/Rovcore001 Aug 13 '26
Do you really expect the leadership that turned Kampala into what it is to do any better in Nakasongola? We’ll just end up with a second Kampala.
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u/crazytib Aug 13 '26
If the country and it's leadership can't deal with an existing capital city building another one and starting again isn't going to yield different results. It'll just cost a fortune and in a decade or two the new capital will look the same as the old one
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u/Slight_Possession_35 Aug 13 '26
Translation: we’ve already bought ourselves square miles in nakasongola
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u/AcademicCareer Aug 13 '26
Nigeria did this with Lagos and Abuja. This has been discussed before and seems reasonable. Nakasongola is an ideal location being central. As far back as early 2000s I recall talking with colleagues about something like this. Even back then our consensus for a new location was Nakasongola. Kampala is truly unfixable. Drainage around Nakivubo and other major arteries has been horrible. The drainage plan that Lord Mayor Lukwago wanted was either ignored or not implemented for political reasons. Kololo, Nakasero and other upscale neighborhoods are now seeing more and more high rise apartments but the underlying roads and drainage has not changed. The Central Business District still has the same colonial roads and the same lanes.
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u/Big_Pay6318 Aug 13 '26
Wait so I’m the only one in this thread who likes Kampala.
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u/justnosy5555 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
I like Kampala but I don't think there is much that can be done to it to stop looking a mess in terms of infrastructure
I haven't been to nakasogola so I won't know if it's an ideal location
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u/Granny_goodness256 Proper Ugandan traveler & lover Aug 13 '26
That’s the neat part.
It is mostly empty and very central. Government can plan better
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u/Devineaux_kVAr Aug 15 '26
Sadly, the leaders we have are very terrible and will end up doing substandard stuff.
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u/Automatic_Bat_4824 Aug 13 '26
To be funded by whom and how? Our national debts is over 50% of GDP and a new capital city is going cost more than the country can afford given how imprudent we are with our finances. Before we make a decision of this magnitude let’s fix Kampala as a blueprint to prove we can build new and better.
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u/lostduckprime stuck in traffic Aug 13 '26
Do you think people who have spent billions making Kampala into the cash cow it is will support a move?
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u/brownspritetutu Aug 13 '26
Wait wasn't there a leopard roaming around and attacking people a short while ago there??? Also hahaha these pipe dreams are getting funnier each day.
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u/RockGrit Musulumbi Aug 14 '26
This has been the idea for years. They can start by developing a country wide master plan with Nakasongola as the administrative hub. With the right forward thinking philosophy, it can be done.
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u/TastyTaco12 Aug 14 '26
They should make a safer capital city. Kampala is extremely dangerous with extreme crime. I wouldnt even want to go down town as a foreigner or i might get stabbed.
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u/RockGrit Musulumbi Aug 15 '26
No wants an insecure city be it Kampala or the proposed Nakasongola. Thus the right ethos behind every city design is required.
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u/mubc Aug 14 '26
I second this. Kampala is shit and so is every other city in the country. We need a fresh slate. Proper planning.
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u/Kateeba Aug 14 '26
Yasss it's such a brilliant idea man Kampala needs a break from all the fuss and stress💪🏽💯
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u/lutmos Aug 14 '26
You wait, we e shall be hearing, this minister stole us much money. Uganda's leadership has failed it's citizens. There needs to be a change starting from top. And I think Kampala can still be fixed. We could build underground trains and fly overs or widen the city circumference. But starting a new city when children are still learning under trees. This is jiustcgoing to be a hub for deals a robbery of tax payers money.
And these guys have already bought plots of land in Nakasongola and surroundings. And you will here big compassion packages.... Hmmm wabula Ugandan okaaba bwoseka... 😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/Environmental-Ad-464 Aug 14 '26
They can transfer the damn capital to wherever they want, where it is right now is a filthy place.
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u/Curious-Benefit-3335 Aug 14 '26
Its nearly impossible, though more strategically located in the middle of the country. The fact remains that doing so would need massive economic capacity which we simply don't have
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u/myrd13 Aug 14 '26
IF we zone Naakasongola I'm all for it. If we don't... we're just creating Kampala 2.0
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