Uganda lies astride the Equator in the Eastern Region of Africa. Uganda is a land locked country surrounded by Kenya in the east, South Sudan in the north, Rwanda in the south west, Tanzania in the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the West.

Activity

Identify Uganda's neighbours marked A, B and C

Activity

Complete the table below

Direction	County	Capital city
North	………………	Juba
………………	Kenya	………………
South	Tanzania	………………
………………	………………	Kigali
West	………………	Kinshasa

Uganda does not own a Sea Port and therefore depends on her neighbour's sea port to handle its overseas exports and imports. Uganda uses Port Mombasa in Kenya and Port Dar-es- salaam in Tanzania to import and export most of her goods. Since Uganda is a land locked country, it faces some problems.

Uganda pays high taxes to other countries when it uses their ports to export and import goods. Secondly, vehicles transporting goods to Uganda take many

days on the way before they deliver the goods.

 

Solutions to problems of being landlocked

Government should ensure co-operation with neighbouring countries, which can ease the movement of goods and services.

Develop railway and air transport systems which can ease the transportation of goods. This would also help to reduce on the taxes paid at ports. Government should ensure that there is peace, stability and unity with neighbouring countries. When there is peace, movement of goods is constant at all times.

 

Why should Uganda have good relationships with her neighbours?

This would enable Uganda to use their seaports to handle her .Overseas exports and imports. This would help Uganda to create a wider market for her products. The neighbours can also buy her goods. There is free movement of people and their goods from one country to another without much difficulty.