GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  The following are problems Facing Transportation in Tanzania Lack of capital: Lack of skilled labour High fuel costs Political problems Land lockedness Impassable waterways Thick vegetation Rough terrain: Differences in railway gauges Corruption and embezzlement: RELATED POSTS 9 CONDITIONS FAVOURING IRRIGATION FARMING IN EGYPT 5 CAUSES OF RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION IN KENYA 10 AIMS OF KILOMBERO VALLEY IRRIGATION SCHEME 4 FEATURES OF MAP STATEMENT SCALE 10 ADVANTAGES OF OIL PRODUCTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 7 DISADVANTAGES OF AIR TRANSPORT 10 PROBLEMS FACING COFFEE FARMING IN KENYA IMPACTS OF POVERTY ON ENVIRONMENT 10 PROBLEMS FACING COTTON FARMING IN UGANDA COMPARISON BETWEEN FISHING IN KENYA AND JAPAN

  Looking at the transport network distribution in Uganda , the southern half has more developed transport routes than the northern part; this is due to historical, physical and economical factors. The location of major economic resources like agricultural regions, mining centers, forestry , fishing, etc. for instance transport routes have been constructed to link areas with tourist attractions like water transport to Ssese islands, air transport to Kasese near Queen Elizabeth and Kampala-Mbarara road. Transport routes have been constructed to link industrial areas for raw-materials, labour, and manufactured goods transportation like roads linking Kampala’s Bugolobi, Kawempe and Nakawa industrial areas. The railway route was extended to northern Uganda to facilitate the marketing of cotton, tobacco, maize, millet, simsim, etc. Roads and railway have been constructed to link areas with a mineral resource like a railway line to Kasese to serve copper mines at Kirembe, road tra...