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Kampala Traffic Control Centre (MODERATO)

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Japan (JICA)-funded, KCCA's roughly UGX 47bn Traffic Control Centre at City Hall was commissioned on 3 September 2025 — the first of its kind in East Africa, according to KCCA. It monitors and retimes signals at 30 major intersections, with adaptive control at the 27 junctions signalised under the JICA project running Japan's MODERATO system, which adjusts green phases to real-time demand; KCCA puts the citywide total at 59 signalised junctions out of a 200-plus-junction plan, with 22 more slated for 2026. Vandalism of signal equipment and a motorcycle fleet that grew from roughly 150,000 in 2010 to about 1.35 million in 2022 are undermining the rollout, and the licence-plate cameras meant to support enforcement were still in procurement as of 2026.

Live 📅 2022–2025 🤖 Uses AI
Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byKampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)
Scale🏙️ City-wide
Cost≈UGX 47bn
FundingJapan (JICA)

🎓 Lesson

A control centre is only as strong as the street it faces: within months of commissioning, KCCA's own reported obstacles were vandalised signals and the sheer growth of the boda-boda fleet — while the enforcement cameras remained unprocured.

🚲 MobilityTraffic managementSafety & securitySensors & IoTArtificial intelligence

Sources

↗ KCCA — Traffic Control Center (authority)Published 8 November 2022Project framing: JICA technical cooperation since 2015, MODERATO, signalisation of up to 27 junctions, five roundabouts removed.
↗ Daily Monitor (press)Published 4 September 2025AI-led MODERATO control, travel-time goal; independent press coverage of the launch.
↗ OC Global (contractor)Published 17 September 2025Completion ceremony 3 Sept 2025; 'installation and improvement of traffic signals at 27 intersections'; MODERATO introduction. Contractor-side confirmation of dates and scope.
↗ KCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority)Published 23 December 202527 junctions signalised in 2025; 22 additional junctions planned for 2026; strategic travel-time target.
↗ Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)Published 9 August 202559 of 200+ junctions signalised (Deputy ED Kigenyi Benon); vandalism in Kololo/Jinja Road and motorcycle growth (~150,000 in 2010 to ~1,350,000 in 2022) undermine traffic management; ANPR cameras linked to the control centre planned, procurement not finalised. Site returns 403 to automated fetch; content verified via two independent search snapshots.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: 2022–2025. 5 of 5 sources carry a publication date, from 8 November 2022 to 23 December 2025.

When the sources were published

  1. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) · city governmentKCCA — Traffic Control Center (authority)
  2. Nile Post · pressNile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
  3. Daily Monitor · pressDaily Monitor (press)
  4. OC Global (Oriental Consultants Global) · vendorOC Global (contractor)
  5. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) · city governmentKCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority)

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Evidence Passport · public beta 14 addressable claims, 5 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The passport is unreviewed — an AI-assisted structural migration, not a human or expert endorsement. Every revision keeps a permanent copy under revision history.

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Claim 1 clm-2b60ecd0b077652e descriptive
Japan (JICA)-funded
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What the mapping says
KCCA's own 2022 press release announces the project as undertaken 'with support from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)' — technical cooperation dating to 2015.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCCA — Traffic Control Center (authority)
Claim 2 clm-e4bd51c24695e6fe quantitative
roughly UGX 47bn
Published field
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What the mapping says
Daily Monitor's coverage of the September 2025 commissioning states: 'The Shs47b project funded by the government of Japan saw the redesign of city junctions and establishment of more lanes, traffic lights and zebra crossings.'
Caveat
KCCA's own 2022 groundbreaking release quoted a different, higher estimate for the same project ('At least JPY 2.44 Billion approximately UGX 63 Billion'). This entry's UGX 47bn figure is the completion-stage cost reported at commissioning in 2025; no source explains why the figure changed between groundbreaking and completion.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Daily Monitor (press)
Claim 3 clm-17298fc62b44b1bd descriptive
Traffic Control Centre at City Hall
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What the mapping says
KCCA's own 2022 groundbreaking release describes 'the launch of the construction works for the Traffic Control Center at City Hall in Kampala.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCCA — Traffic Control Center (authority)
Claim 4 clm-f4df93b9705723b3 quantitative
was commissioned on 3 September 2025
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What the mapping says
The contractor OC Global states: 'On September 3, 2025, the Completion Ceremony was held for the Project for the Improvement of Traffic Control in Kampala City.' Daily Monitor independently confirms the facility 'was officially opened on September 3, 2025.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. OC Global (contractor)
  2. Daily Monitor (press)
Claim 5 clm-91a0ec18798ace42 descriptive
the first of its kind in East Africa, according to KCCA
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What the mapping says
KCCA's own press release states the project 'will make Kampala the first city in East Africa to have such a smart facility,' quoting JICA's Chief Representative that 'the Traffic control center is the first of its kind in the region.' Daily Monitor separately reports it as 'the first of its kind in East Africa, according to KCCA officials.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCCA — Traffic Control Center (authority)
  2. Daily Monitor (press)
Claim 6 clm-01a43364f676ecb6 quantitative
monitors and retimes signals at 30 major intersections
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What the mapping says
Daily Monitor reports '30 key intersections equipped with AI-led traffic lights' under the project, with '256 total traffic signals installed across these junctions.'
Caveat
This 30-intersection figure comes only from this press account. KCCA's own materials and the project contractor consistently cite 27 junctions signalised under the JICA project — no source reconciles the two counts or explains what the extra intersections are.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Daily Monitor (press)
Claim 7 clm-4d96a25eddf175e0 quantitative
adaptive control at the 27 junctions signalised under the JICA project running Japan's MODERATO system
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What the mapping says
KCCA's own 2022 press release states the project 'proposes a Japanese Traffic Control System named MODERATO' and 'will also lead to signalization of up to 27 junctions.' The contractor OC Global independently confirms 'the installation and improvement of traffic signals at 27 intersections' and 'the introduction of Japan's traffic control system MODERATO.'
Caveat
No source explicitly states that these 27 JICA-signalised junctions are a defined subset of the 30 intersections Daily Monitor separately describes as under the control centre's monitoring. This entry's framing of '30 monitored, 27 with adaptive control' reconciles two differently reported totals rather than restating a distinction any single source draws itself.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCCA — Traffic Control Center (authority)
  2. OC Global (contractor)
Claim 8 clm-66b5aba9630295e7 descriptive
which adjusts green phases to real-time demand
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Daily Monitor describes MODERATO as AI technology that 'detect[s] activities on the roads and quickly take[s] action by releasing traffic on congested lanes.'
Caveat
The source describes the system functionally — detecting road activity and releasing congested traffic — rather than using the terms 'green phases' or 'real-time demand' verbatim; this entry's wording paraphrases an adaptive, demand-responsive signal-timing mechanism rather than quoting the source directly.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Daily Monitor (press)
Claim 9 clm-be5bb44c9f14c058 quantitative
KCCA puts the citywide total at 59 signalised junctions out of a 200-plus-junction plan
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What the mapping says
Nile Post reports KCCA Deputy Executive Director Kigenyi Benon's account of '59 junctions fully signalised out of more than 200 targeted junctions.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
Claim 10 clm-74f33d2b4762c405 quantitative
22 more slated for 2026
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
KCCA's own December 2025 wrap-up states the authority will 'signalize 22 additional junctions' in 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority)
Claim 11 clm-fb0ce5448d3b1723 quantitative
Vandalism of signal equipment and a motorcycle fleet that grew from roughly 150,000 in 2010 to about 1.35 million in 2022 are undermining the rollout
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Nile Post quotes KCCA Deputy ED Kigenyi Benon: 'Vandalism in the areas of Kololo and jinja road and irresponsible riding by some motorcycle operators are a big hindrance,' and separately states: 'Motorcycles rose from ~150,000 units in 2010 to ~1,350,000 units in 2022, with growth accelerating since 2015.'
Caveat
The source's own figures do not state whether the 2022 total of about 1.35 million motorcycles refers to Kampala city or to Uganda as a whole. Other reporting on Uganda's boda-boda sector puts roughly 150,000 machines in Kampala around 2010, growing to a national total in the range of about one million by the early 2020s, with a smaller share — commonly cited around 750,000 — operating specifically within the Kampala metropolitan area. The 1.35 million figure paired here with a Kampala-era 2010 baseline may therefore be a national rather than a city count.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
Claim 12 clm-1f0f42b4429f8db5 quantitative
the licence-plate cameras meant to support enforcement were still in procurement as of 2026
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What the mapping says
Nile Post reports that KCCA is 'installing cameras capable of capturing boda-boda number plates so offenders can be identified and brought to book,' and states the authority 'plans to begin phased camera installation at key junctions and busy corridors once procurement and technical preparations are finalised' — indicating the licence-plate cameras had not yet been procured.
Caveat
This Nile Post article is dated 9 August 2025; no source in this entry's list confirms the procurement status specifically 'as of 2026.' The entry extends an August-2025 finding forward to 2026 without a dated source for that later point.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
Claim 13 clm-35d0d13c8a4f21b4 descriptive
within months of commissioning, KCCA's own reported obstacles were vandalised signals and the sheer growth of the boda-boda fleet
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Nile Post quotes KCCA Deputy Executive Director Kigenyi Benon naming vandalism and motorcycle-related disorder as hindrances to the signalisation rollout.
Caveat
This Nile Post source is dated 9 August 2025 — about three and a half weeks BEFORE the 3 September 2025 commissioning ceremony described elsewhere in this entry, not after it. The obstacles it reports were documented ahead of, not 'within months of,' commissioning; this entry's framing implies a post-commissioning timeline that the cited source does not support.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
Claim 14 clm-0a7aebb5c3afce25 descriptive
the enforcement cameras remained unprocured
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Nile Post reports that the licence-plate cameras await finalised procurement before phased installation begins.
Caveat
Same limitation as the equivalent snippet claim: the source is dated August 2025, and no later-dated source in this entry confirms the cameras 'remained' unprocured at a subsequent point.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
grant
Funding description
Japan (JICA)
Cost
≈UGX 47bn
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

5 source dossiers

KCCA — Traffic Control Center (authority) kcca.go.ug · 4 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · kcca.go.ug
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2022-11-08
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-07
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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Project framing: JICA technical cooperation since 2015, MODERATO, signalisation of up to 27 junctions, five roundabouts removed.

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Daily Monitor (press) monitor.co.ug · 5 linked claims

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Name not classified · monitor.co.ug
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-09-04
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Record last verified
2026-08-07
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2026-08-22
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AI-led MODERATO control, travel-time goal; independent press coverage of the launch.

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OC Global (contractor) ocglobal.jp · 2 linked claims

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Name not classified · ocglobal.jp
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-09-17
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Record last verified
2026-08-07
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2026-08-22
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Completion ceremony 3 Sept 2025; 'installation and improvement of traffic signals at 27 intersections'; MODERATO introduction. Contractor-side confirmation of dates and scope.

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KCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority) kcca.go.ug · 1 linked claim

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Name not classified · kcca.go.ug
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-12-23
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Record last verified
2026-08-07
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2026-08-22
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27 junctions signalised in 2025; 22 additional junctions planned for 2026; strategic travel-time target.

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Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press) nilepost.co.ug · 5 linked claims

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Name not classified · nilepost.co.ug
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-08-09
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Record last verified
2026-08-07
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2026-08-22
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59 of 200+ junctions signalised (Deputy ED Kigenyi Benon); vandalism in Kololo/Jinja Road and motorcycle growth (~150,000 in 2010 to ~1,350,000 in 2022) undermine traffic management; ANPR cameras linked to the control centre planned, procurement not finalised. Site returns 403 to automated fetch; content verified via two independent search snapshots.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Kampala Traffic Control Centre (MODERATO)” — Kampala, Uganda. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/kampala-traffic-control/ (last verified 2026-08-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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