The reopening of Gatuna/Katuna follows series of meetings between President Yoweri Museveni’s envoys to his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame a few weeks ago in a bid to resolve the differences.

At least five bus operators plied the Kigali-Kampala, and Kigali-Nairobi via Kampala routes with more than 20 trips each daily. Clients were largely Rwandans travelling to Uganda for ‘weekend,’ ‘trade’ and mostly business.