 In 1931, the Uganda Railway line reached Kampala, connecting Kampala to Mombasa Port thirty-five years from the commencement of its construction.In 1938, The East African Power & Lighting Company was granted a license for thermal electric power generation and distribution for the towns of Kampala and Entebbe, and in the same year Governor Sir Philip Mitchel switched on Kampala and Uganda's first electric street lights.In 1945, Ernst May a German architect, was commissioned by the Uganda Protectorate Government to design a new physical plan for Kampala.