Potholes, sewage and traffic hostility: can Kampala ever be a bike-friendly city?

Special cycle lanes have been promised and initiatives are trying get people on two wheels, but enthusiasts admit Uganda’s capital has a long way to go

Initiate a conversation about cycling in Kampala and it will probably go one of two ways. People either assume you’re talking about boda bodas, the motorbike taxis that snake dangerously through the city’s arteries. Or, understanding you mean a pushbike, they’ll laugh dismissively at the possibility of tackling Uganda’s capital on two wheels.

But according to city authorities, Kampala will soon be welcoming its own bike lane network in the central business district.

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