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Kampala Traffic Control Centre (MODERATO)

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✎ Corrected 4 Nov 2026 Timeline changed: 2022–2025 → 2022–open. What changed →

Japan paid for it. KCCA's roughly UGX 47bn control centre opened at City Hall in September 2025, linking 30 major intersections, 27 of them retiming green phases to real-time demand.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Official
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)

Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,247 documented projects · 🏙️ 2 more in Kampala · 🚦 Traffic management guide · 🚲 Mobility projects

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 awaiting procurement in August 2025.

Live 📅 since 2022

📊 Impact

KCCA's December 2025 year-end review said average travel time had improved to about four minutes per kilometre, against a strategic-plan target of three; the review gives no baseline year or method, and no independent measurement of the centre's effect has been published.

🎓 Lesson

A control centre is only as strong as the street it faces: even before commissioning, KCCA's own deputy director named vandalised signals and the growth of the boda-boda fleet as obstacles — and the number-plate cameras meant to deal with both were still awaiting procurement.

🚲 MobilityTraffic managementSafety & securitySensors & IoT

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, figures attributed to the city's traffic control centre) undermine traffic management; licence-plate cameras linked to the control centre planned once procurement is finalised.
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↗ KCCA — Traffic Control Center commissioned (authority, 3 Sept 2025)KCCA's own commissioning release: opened 3 September 2025 by Japan's ambassador; valued at UGX 47 billion; 'Connected to 30 intersections across the city'; the executive director speaks of 'eventually integrating artificial intelligence'.

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Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2022. 6 of 6 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. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) · city governmentKCCA — Traffic Control Center commissioned (authority, 3 Sept 2025)
  4. Daily Monitor · pressDaily Monitor (press)
  5. OC Global (Oriental Consultants Global) · vendorOC Global (contractor)
  6. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) · city governmentKCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority)

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Evidence file · public beta 16 addressable claims, 6 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The file 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
Published field
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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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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Daily Monitor reports the commissioning of 'The Shs47b project funded by the government of Japan'; KCCA's own commissioning release gives the facility's value as UGX 47 billion.
Caveat
KCCA's 2022 groundbreaking release quoted a higher estimate for the same project ('At least JPY 2.44 Billion approximately UGX 63 Billion'). The UGX 47bn figure is the value given at commissioning in 2025; no source explains the difference.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Daily Monitor (press)
  2. KCCA — Traffic Control Center commissioned (authority, 3 Sept 2025)
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 states the completion ceremony was held on 3 September 2025; Daily Monitor and KCCA's own release both report the official opening that day.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. OC Global (contractor)
  2. Daily Monitor (press)
  3. KCCA — Traffic Control Center commissioned (authority, 3 Sept 2025)
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 2022 release says the project 'will make Kampala the first city in East Africa to have such a smart facility' and quotes JICA's chief representative that the centre is the first of its kind in the region; Daily Monitor reports the same claim from KCCA officials at the 2025 opening.
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
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
KCCA's executive director describes the centre as 'Connected to 30 intersections across the city' and lists 'monitoring and adjusting traffic lights at 30 intersections' among its functions (Daily Monitor); Daily Monitor reports 256 traffic signals erected at those 30 intersections.
Caveat
KCCA and Daily Monitor give 30 connected intersections; the contractor and KCCA's year-end review count 27 junctions signalised under the JICA project. No source explains the difference.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Daily Monitor (press)
  2. KCCA — Traffic Control Center commissioned (authority, 3 Sept 2025)
Claim 7 clm-4d96a25eddf175e0 quantitative
adaptive control at the 27 junctions signalised under the JICA project running Japan's MODERATO system
Published field
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Mapping
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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 states that the 27 JICA-signalised junctions are a subset of the 30 intersections connected to the centre; this entry's '30 monitored, 27 adaptive' framing reconciles two differently reported totals.

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
Published field
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What the mapping says
Daily Monitor describes MODERATO as detecting activity on the roads and releasing traffic on congested lanes; KCCA's release says the system will 'monitor and manage traffic in real time'.
Caveat
The source describes the system functionally — detecting road activity and releasing congested lanes. At the opening KCCA's executive director spoke of 'eventually integrating artificial intelligence', so how much of the adaptive control was running at launch is not documented.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Daily Monitor (press)
  2. KCCA — Traffic Control Center commissioned (authority, 3 Sept 2025)
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
Published field
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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 motorcycle figures are attributed to traffic trends reported by the city's traffic control centre; the source does not say whether they count Kampala alone or a wider area.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
Claim 12 clm-d311a6ff4a36e67a quantitative
the licence-plate cameras meant to support enforcement were still awaiting procurement in August 2025
Published field
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What the mapping says
On 9 August 2025 Nile Post reported KCCA's plan to install cameras that capture boda-boda number plates, with phased installation to begin once procurement and technical preparations are finalised.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
Claim 13 clm-e5e874e279f76b4a descriptive
average travel time had improved to about four minutes per kilometre, against a strategic-plan target of three
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
KCCA's year-end review reports the travel-time figure alongside the completion of the control centre and the strategic-plan target.
Caveat
An operator figure without a baseline year, a method or a link to the centre's own measurements.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority)
Claim 14 clm-91c6638ce0ed5707 descriptive
no independent measurement of the centre's effect has been published
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The only effect figure in the entry's sources is KCCA's own year-end statement; none of the listed sources reports an evaluation by an outside body.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority)
Claim 15 clm-c159899ff0736254 descriptive
even before commissioning, KCCA's own deputy director named vandalised signals and the growth of the boda-boda fleet as obstacles
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
On 9 August 2025, three and a half weeks before the centre opened, KCCA's deputy executive director told reporters that vandalism and the growing number of motorcycles were undermining traffic management.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nile Post — KCCA completes signalisation of 59 junctions (press)
Claim 16 clm-d7193f6e70cfe347 descriptive
the number-plate cameras meant to deal with both were still awaiting procurement
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The same report says the cameras are meant to deter vandalism and identify boda-boda offenders, and that installation awaits finalised procurement.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

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

6 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
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
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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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Claims linked
Daily Monitor (press) monitor.co.ug · 5 linked claims

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src-f0f721ef5ff0dfe4
Publisher
Name not classified · monitor.co.ug
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-09-04
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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AI-led MODERATO control, travel-time goal; independent press coverage of the launch.

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

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src-48dce3a4d2e3295b
Publisher
Name not classified · ocglobal.jp
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-09-17
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
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No captured content hash
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Open the recorded source note

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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Claims linked
KCCA — 2025 wrap-up, agenda for 2026 (authority) kcca.go.ug · 3 linked claims

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src-5ed76d3e102492ad
Publisher
Name not classified · kcca.go.ug
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-12-23
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-11-03
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2026-11-04
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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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Publisher
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
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
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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, figures attributed to the city's traffic control centre) undermine traffic management; licence-plate cameras linked to the control centre planned once procurement is finalised.

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Claims linked
KCCA — Traffic Control Center commissioned (authority, 3 Sept 2025) kcca.go.ug · 4 linked claims

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src-f6088b643688fb1d
Publisher
Name not classified · kcca.go.ug
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-09-03
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

KCCA's own commissioning release: opened 3 September 2025 by Japan's ambassador; valued at UGX 47 billion; 'Connected to 30 intersections across the city'; the executive director speaks of 'eventually integrating artificial intelligence'.

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