Hoima–Kaiso–Tonya Road is a road in the Western Region of Uganda, connecting the city of Hoima with the towns of Kaiso and Tonya on the shores of Lake Albert in the oil-rich Albertine Graben.
The road starts at Hoima and continues west through Kaiso, and ends in Tonya, a distance of approximately 92 kilometres (57 mi).[1] The road passes through the village of Kabaale, in Buseruka County, the location of the Uganda Oil Refinery. The coordinates of the road near Tonya are 1°35'06.0"N; 31°04'59.0"E (Latitude:1.585000; Longitude:31.083056).[2]
The upgrading of the road involved the conversion of the existing gravel surface to tarmac and the building of bridges and drainages.
Kolin Insaat Turim Sayani Ve Tecaret, a Turkish construction firm, won the tender to build the road at an estimated cost of USh:320 billion (US$125 million).[3] The construction was fully funded by the government of Uganda.[4] The construction contracts were signed in August 2011.[5]
Construction began in June 2012[6] and was completed in December 2014.[7]
