The Rise Of Luxury Apartments Is Changing the Face Of Kampala City In 2026

[00:00:22]Let me go backwards as I show you this.

[00:00:33]We have these here and then we have these ones. So far here they are on the eighth floor and I think they are still going up. This is crazy. And I like how they have really contained each and everything inside. No dust coming off like all the dust is regulated by these nets. I think THIS IS HOW ALL every contractor should be doing their things around here.

[00:01:10]This structure is coming up. This is where we have the Ministry of Health headquarters.

[00:01:19]And this is how this structure looks like now.

[00:01:26]So far not so big.

[00:01:40]This is Hilton Hotel.

[00:01:54]around here.

[00:01:56]This structure is coming up. This is where we have the Ministry of Health headquarters.

[00:02:04]And this is how this structure looks like. Now I think it is part of the forensics by police also being constructed by SMS construction.

[00:02:20]That's how it looks like.

[00:02:26]These are the apartments that are this side of the lower coral terrace. This is how this area looks like. They have really come up very well. I think this time they're doing the finishing. There is the time I passed and I was like, "Yo, it's like they're doing the finishing." But finally, it's like they're doing the finishing. No more raising it up.

[00:02:50]According to what I see, you can also look at it and gauge for yourselves.

[00:02:58]That is what is happening right there.

[00:03:06]This is how the apartments look like.

[00:03:10]We have tamaray around here.

[00:03:15]It's a happening area.

[00:03:18]And then yeah, they've done whatever they did and made sure not to damage the trees here.

[00:03:31]the V address villas for sale.

[00:03:40]That's where they are. And now we are getting onto the John Babha road.

[00:03:46]Call it the Aacia Avenue that takes you up to Aron Cam water.

[00:03:55]That takes you up to where we have Acacia Mall.

[00:04:44]This is the John Vavia roads and I'll be going to different sites and show you different structures, show you how far they have reached. You can also gauge for yourselves. And from now, I'm going to walk until the main road.

[00:05:02]Wow.

[00:05:17]Anyway, I'm going to walk from around here until I get a safer space.

[00:05:30]So around here, this part of the road divides the golf coast into two. The one this other side and the one this way.

[00:05:39]And there is a stream that passes through around there. It goes through under and then joins to the main drainage channel of Nachivo and then joins Lake Victoria.

[00:05:59]Wow. The traffic here is controlled.

[00:06:03]Everyone has been put on hold. They can't reach the top. So even when they stop the other side, I guess it will be the same.

[00:06:25]So I'm now joining the useful lay road which I'll be on for about 5 minutes and then later leave go somewhere else. You can clearly see there are constructions happening here.

[00:06:41]This is the new site.

[00:06:44]This is the Cadenza I guess around here.

[00:06:47]This is where we have Cadenza where the plane is turning there. That is Cadenza. And this one everyone knows Laros Royal Pal Apartments.

[00:07:13]Anyway, now my target is going to be these two. Let's get there, see what is happening. Then we can get back to this side of the Cadenza and then later we can go to where we have Hilton Hotel.

[00:07:29]Just keep around. This is the golf course. Some of the grass isn't that green, but here it is a bit green. You see?

[00:07:39]Yeah.

[00:08:10]Wow, this is going to be a real business hub.

[00:08:18]The structures are still going up and they're big.

[00:08:23]So, it's going to be a real business hub. Different businesses will be around here.

[00:08:30]And that is it. So, I would have stopped here, but I want to show you another structure that is at the back. It has also been really faster, so that's why we are going to be going there. Can I show you this once more or we wait until I make a U-turn and come back around there? Anyway, that is it. That's how it looks like proposed commercial development plan useful late and the client here is NSSF here where they haven't built anything it is for NSSF and I think starting to build but over the other side it is for XM bank so this is a different contractor you'll realize this one is SMS construction construction and the other one is China State Construction. So, China State Construction is taking over the other one and this one is for SMS construction. That explains that there are two different sites and I think the tower for NSSF is going to be a bit higher compared to the one of Afroexim Bank or the Exim Bank, the Afroexm.

[00:09:59]So when I zoom in a bit like this, I don't think you guys can see what is going to be happening. But what is going to be happening is uh commercial development on plot 41 43 45 and 47 yuk. The client is national social security fund. The constructor is SMS construction. Then the design and build I think is creation consultant Africa limited. Then supervising as consultant is Symbion Uganda, Symbion Kenya Limited as well. They're the ones that are going to overlook the works and you can clearly see the artistic impression of what is going to be built around there, how it looks like. So this area is really going to change in a few years. You can see the other side we have the apartments. We have this here and then we have these ones. So far here they are on the eighth floor.

[00:10:55]And I think they are still going up.

[00:10:57]This is crazy. And I like how they have really contained each and everything inside. No dust coming off. Like all the dust is regulated by these nets. I think THIS IS HOW ALL every contractor should be doing their things.

[00:11:17]So here we are.

[00:11:19]The construction is really turning out very well. So I'm going to be taking on the corridor road behind there. That's where we have the airel head offices. There is another structure that is coming up there. It also looks very great. So that's where I'm going to be taking. I'll not go towards the roundabout at um the Garden City. I'll just go up on Clement Hill.

[00:11:47]Just stick around.

[00:11:58]Why was I calling it the Afreexim business park? It is called the Afreexim Bank Trade Center, African Import Bank. Like a lot is going to be there.

[00:12:16]Anyway, let me take one to this side.

[00:12:21]Cross and go through the corridor road but very No.

[00:12:50]The the golf course hotel is just there.

[00:12:56]That one. So me I'll be taking on this other side.

[00:13:02]Show you what is happening. Look how far the structures here have reached.

[00:13:08]Your work is to watch. Your work is to like you like. Your work is to share the video.

[00:13:18]This is where we have head offices.

[00:13:33]So all along I thought the national planning authorities site is the one that had showed up that had come out around here. There is a building that is happening the other side. So I think let me go there then come back and take on this other side of the road. So I can cross from here.

[00:13:59]This is where we have the National Planning Authority.

[00:14:03]The site is coming up. I was very surprised.

[00:14:07]I thought it was the one that had come out that faster. How about Oh, what if it is NRG that is building cuz we have the NRG radio around here.

[00:14:21]Wow.

[00:14:34]This is where we have one of the biggest radio stations here. I think it comes from Kenya.

[00:14:40]The one that gave birth to this one is from Kenya. And the owner is a white man over there.

[00:14:49]And then there is a site that is coming up here.

[00:14:53]Of course, they have built upwards and it's like they're left with a few touches.

[00:15:02]No, they are still going up. They're doing shuttering for upper levels, the upper floor, the upper floor. And it is a proposed apartment.

[00:15:12]So, these are going to be apartments.

[00:15:16]Imagine sleeping around here.

[00:15:19]And most of the structures here are old apartments or old structures. And this is part of the IGG if I'm not mistaken that was recently constructed.

[00:15:44]So I now change directions towards the Laros apartments. This one looks like that.

[00:15:57]They're still building it upwards.

[00:16:02]That's how it looks like.

[00:16:05]Is this the IGG?

[00:16:08]Yeah, this is it at the back. So here it has also some space for parking just like down. That was the best way to utilize this structure. It looks good.

[00:16:35]So when you this other side at the back, you clearly see this has gone up to the 12th floor and looks like they're doing a tank stand up. That simply tells you that that is the end of it. But this also looks like they are putting a tank stand up [crying] which tells that they're also finalizing it. And that's how it looks like. Don't you see these two towers? This one and the other one.

[00:17:06]Then this one also has them. So it simply tells you they're putting up tank stands to finalize each and every work that they have been doing.

[00:17:17]Anyway, that's how it looks like.

[00:17:25]The last time I was here, this structure was still down on the on the foundation that just laid the foundation. Now, look how fast it has also come out. It has really come out very fast.

[00:17:41]Anyway, we can go this other side, but remember we are facing the sun.

[00:17:56]This is it. This is how this looks like from this other side. Clearly see it.

[00:18:15]When you clearly look at these, there is someone that is do applying paint there.

[00:18:21]So, looks like they aren't finished.

[00:18:24]However, we may look at them as a finished product. They aren't finished yet. Anyway, I'm going to be taking on Katonga Road, which is this one. But before I do, allow me show you what is happening at the back.

[00:18:48]>> That's what is happening there.

[00:18:51]So I am going to be taking on the Konga road.

[00:18:58]This is how this area looks like. And it looks like it's not going to have uh Yes. The gate is inside or the parking is inside here. It will be open like this. This looks good. Uh-huh.

[00:19:15]And they're partnering with Grace for Grace Textiles, for curtains, for mattresses.

[00:19:24]This is how this place looks like.

[00:19:32]Yeah, they are now doing the finishing.

[00:19:58]We have Caden.

[00:20:02]Cadenza now looks like that.

[00:20:06]It has really come a long way. I remember starting to talk about it or post about it when they had just started the groundbreaking.

[00:20:16]The foundation started and now this is where we are.

[00:20:25]Anyway, we can keep moving until the Seea road. This is Katonga named after Katunga river. And then Seea is also named after river Sewa.

[00:20:46]This is Cadenza alongside the Lar Rose Royal Apartments. And that's how they look like from here. And I believe they are all going to be looking better after a few months of construction.

[00:21:02]And that is it. That's what we have right now. Drop a comment and let me know which one is your best for the people that know something about them.

[00:21:10]Which one do you think is going to be the best? Which one is yours? Rafa, tell me. I also have Cyrus 62. Tell me what do you think about this project and any other person which one do you think is going to be better? And if you are to own a property, where would you rent here? This is Kala and this is it. This is called Konga road and this is called Seea road. Let me go back once as I show you this.

[00:22:00]This is Cadenza.

[00:22:05]And at the back we have the Larus.

[00:22:11]So, let's walk going up.

[00:22:38]That is it.

[00:22:47]It's a few people that know about this Magnon Road will take you through up until around where we have the Kabaka's monument, the first president of Uganda's monument. It just cuts across and goes that other side. So this one takes you back towards around Sheraton and Tanan Avenue. And now this takes me up to around the former speaker's home.

[00:23:18]And this is still Mnon Road.

[00:23:23]It also dropped me where the high court the Supreme Court high court of appeal used to be.

[00:23:32]When on Mnon Road you see the tip of Cadenza and the low the Laros Royal Apartments.

[00:23:41]Still while here you're able to see Hilton Hotel which is just there up.

[00:23:49]So that's where I'm making my way to and I'll be ending my video around those areas. So stick around.

[00:24:01]I thought they had finished constructing this road this other side. Crazy they haven't.

[00:24:08]This is the house of the former speaker Anita Aneta Mong.

[00:24:14]It even has three A on it. Not three A's, but three the number and an A.

[00:24:33]So the construction here are really going on. It's like they are now starting from this side. They're excavating down as they put the culverts this way.

[00:24:51]I thought there were there were no construction works, but it's like that.

[00:24:55]It's supposed to be going the other side anyway.

[00:25:12]And it among his fence is just there.

[00:25:23]This is Hilton Hotel and that's how the structure looks like. It still has um supportive metals for the builders to stand on. I think they are not yet close to finishing it.

[00:25:47]The other one here has an ambulance.

[00:25:49]Instead of stopping and let it go, he just gets into the road. Ugandan drivers won't make road safe for every other users and he's racing with the ambulance. Can you imagine?

[00:26:04]Anyway, this is how the [snorts] Hilton looks like. I think there is nothing much that has changed on the outlook.

[00:26:13]It's only the inside that has changed.

[00:26:36]This is it. This road takes you up until where we have these apartments. Where are they? These ones here. They're called I think they're green top apartments. And that is Akiba road up there. And this road goes back and connects you to Buganda roads. It also connects you to a road where we have the Ministry of Health.

[00:26:59]So this is where I'm heading right now.

[00:27:01]When you look at the that is Mago up there, there is a lot of grading that has happened at Mago Hill. So I think they are building more structures in Maago.

[00:27:16]Anyway, let me continue like this. I'll be ending the video around the Ministry of Health.

[00:27:27]Hilton Hotel looks like that. Let's walk by this traffic jam here. Most of these people are getting into the main road and there are two lines. Others are coming from the other side of Buganda Road. Others are sloping from this side.

[00:27:46]So it becomes more serious and hectic.

[00:28:06]So there is another site over there where you see the green gate or the green iron sheet facing it. Hopefully it doesn't overshadow the Hilton Hotel cuz Hilton Hotel is giving us a better view when you look at it from here. So if something comes up from here, it will definitely block it.

[00:28:31]blocking the other side that will be in form of screens. And this is the RR towers or tower one by Sudil.

[00:28:46]So there is some chaos here guys. I've created two lanes and they all want to go home.

[00:28:59]Chaos is now here. They all are going into the main road which is not wide enough.

[00:29:14]So there is chaos around here.

[00:29:17]All of these ones are going into the the main road and the main road itself is not moving at all. And today happens to be a Tuesday.

[00:29:26]Tuesdays are not as hectic as Mondays and Fridays.

[00:29:31]But well, that is it. We shall learn lessons the harder way.

[00:29:57]Look at these ones.

[00:29:59]The other left their lane and attacked the other lane.

[00:30:05]Should have been caught around here.

[00:30:18]This structure is coming up. This is where we have the Ministry of Health headquarters.

[00:30:27]And this is how this structure looks like now.

[00:30:32]I think it is part of the forensics by police.

[00:30:38]Also being constructed by SMS construction.

[00:30:43]That's how it looks like.

[00:30:47]It has really turned out.

[00:30:50]I don't think it will be so raised, but it's coming out very well.

[00:30:59]That's it.

[00:31:06]So far, not so big. That's how it looks like. But remember, they had to excavate downwards.

[00:31:13]So, it simply means it has really come out. I think down was um parking in the basement.

[00:31:20]Not so certain, but that's how it looks like currently. Maybe I can zoom in a bit. That's what we have.

[00:31:39]That's how it looks like. And over to the other side, we have uh the Mago Hill. Anyway, I want to cross from here. This takes you down in one leg gear.

[00:31:58]So, somewhere in front there, that's where we have um YMCA.

[00:32:04]There is a new site somewhere here.

[00:32:08]Um the last time I passed, the whole place was very flat and uh there was nothing.

[00:32:15]But as of now, I see there is a container. There is some materials inside. It's a proposed showroom and it's a ceramics and surfaces.

[00:32:27]Wow.

[00:32:29]So, I also wanted to show you this that is coming that is already up and it is still going up. Next to it is where we have what apparently is supposed to be called the Diamond Tower. It is somewhere there. So, let me go there.

[00:32:44]That's where I'll be ending my video from. And we meet in another one. But before saying bye-bye, let's go and see what is happening there.

[00:33:08]Wow.

[00:33:10]Wa.

[00:33:12]That speed was crazy. I saw it and stepped back. You almost knocked people.

[00:33:19]So this one I'm walking the road and this one here is called the Wa road. It goes up like this.

[00:33:31]There is some chaos around here.

[00:33:34]Look at them.

[00:33:39]This one is the one way. It only brings this way.

[00:33:50]But of course, even if it's a one way, you always need to be extra careful cuz most of the drivers that we have are very careless.

[00:34:04]So, this is how this structure looks like. Now, construction is still going on.

[00:34:16]This is the construction right somewhere here. I think this is supposed to be a commercial and residential something like that. They call it commercial development to be built on plot 50 Lumumba Avenue folio 13 Kala district this one. So Lumumba Avenue is the road that is up and it takes you up until around the junction where we have Tan Avenue. We also have the Supreme Court there. I did few videos days ago. You can check them out and see for yourself.

[00:34:56]This is how this one looks like.

[00:35:01]It has been quite some time from the time they started building. I've been showing you that project. Then there is this.

[00:35:14]This is the National Drug Authority.

[00:35:18]So I'm going a few steps up there where we have apparently the Campala Diamond Tower.

[00:35:28]Is it what it is called? The Diamond Tower.

[00:35:31]Then there are these. They look like apartments or offices up there in a green wrapping.

[00:35:40]Those are also coming out very well. This is now the Lumumba Avenue. They are talking about So this is it. And I've come from down the wonder gear roads.

[00:36:07]Wow, this guy is here.

[00:36:12]Very crazy. He just comes from down straight.

[00:36:17]No looking around. He gets into the the road.

[00:36:25]This one here, apparently it's going to be called the diamond tower.

[00:36:36]I don't really know if it will come out very tall, but since it was already on a high area, it may not be that tall.

[00:36:50]We wait and see how it will turn out.

[00:36:54]But that is what we have so far.

[00:36:58]It is now being seen above the facing.

[00:37:10]This is what we have. That is what it looks like so far. I think from me to you, I would like to say bye-bye. We meet in another video. Like this has been a series. And if you have watched until this very end, just know you've watched each and everything. Everyone driving like thugs. Those guys that have just passed, they're driving like thugs as if they won't reach. Someone overtaking as they just get into the the main road. That is crazy.

[00:37:45]Anyway, guys, allow me end here. This is the one road. I'm now joining the Nakaserero road. This is where I'm ending. I'll be finding myself a border border then go back to wherever I stay.

[00:38:00]From me to you, I wish you nothing but the best. Peace and love. We're meeting another one.

[00:38:22]This is the All Saints Church right now.

[00:38:29]This is the All Saints Church and that's how it looks like. I remember they recently had a fundraiser to collect all the money remaining to have it all fixed. It is a church of uh Protestants and that's how it looks like.

[00:38:46]And behind it is the Pal of Africa Hotel.