[3] The road continues through four western Ugandan districts to end at Fort Portal, a total of about 208 kilometres (129 mi).
The Canadian engineering firm SNC Lavalin performed the consulting and supervision.
Funding was sourced from the African Development Bank and the Ugandan government.
[6] Work to upgrade the 66 kilometres (41 mi) Kamwenge–Fort Portal section was assigned to the China Railway Seventh Group.
The USh:120 billion cost is funded jointly by the government of Uganda and the International Development Association.