[1] The inland port would be located on 250 acres (100 ha) in the town of Malaba, Uganda, close to the border with Kenya.

[2] This is approximately 217 kilometres (135 mi), by road, east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.

The port will serve as a storage area for containers of imports destined for Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Sudan and Eastern DRC.

The port will replace the ten or so storage facilities used by Uganda, to store these containers prior to the clearance of customs and other importation procedures.

[4] Construction of the inland port was commissioned in June 2010 by Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda.