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The road projects are Buddu Street, Edward Avenue, Jasserby Street, and Kabula Street. The roads were part of the first phase of the Uganda Support for Municipality Infrastructural Development USMID project with funding from the World Bank. In the first phase, only Yellow Knife Road was constructed.
Masaka Municipality has finally commenced rehabilitation of four major roads amid concerns from the members of the public.
The road projects are Buddu Street, Edward Avenue, Jasserby Street, and Kabula Street. The roads were part of the first phase of the Uganda Support for Municipality Infrastructural Development (USMID) project with funding from the World Bank. In the first phase, only Yellow Knife Road was constructed.
Initially, Longjian Road and Bridge Company Limited, a Chinese firm had won the tender to construct these roads at a cost of 30 billion Shillings but it dropped out after completing Yellow Knife Road. Longjian Road and Bridge Company Limited noted that the cost of the project had been undervalued.
It therefore requested for an additional 2.5 billion Shillings for the project but Masaka Municipality declined to provide more funding. As result the Chinese company terminated the contract and left.
For the last one year, these road projects had stalled as the municipality sourced for new contractors. It finally awarded the contract to TRAMINCO Uganda Limited to undertake the construction.
Godfrey Kayemba, the Masaka Mayor says the construction delayed due to procurement bureaucracies. He says although World Bank had released the funds, it was stuck in the Ministry of Finance.
Kayemba says he hopes the contractors will do their work according to the signed agreement. He says they will closely supervise the contractors to ensure no shoddy work is done.
Both the Town Clerk Innocent Ahimbisibwe and municipal Engineer Augustus Turibarungi have declined to comment on the matter.
Daniel Mulondo, a resident of Masaka has asked the Ministry of Transport to always release funds on time.
He says the delayed release of funds has frustrated the implementation of major projects.
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George Mutabaazi, the President of Uganda Local Government Association - ULGA says bureaucracy in government is one of the biggest factors affecting implementation of projects in Local Governments.
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The four road projects are expected to be completed in one year.
The road projects are Buddu Street, Edward Avenue, Jasserby Street, and Kabula Street. The roads were part of the first phase of the Uganda Support for Municipality Infrastructural Development (USMID) project with funding from the World Bank. In the first phase, only Yellow Knife Road was constructed.
Initially, Longjian Road and Bridge Company Limited, a Chinese firm had won the tender to construct these roads at a cost of 30 billion Shillings but it dropped out after completing Yellow Knife Road. Longjian Road and Bridge Company Limited noted that the cost of the project had been undervalued.
It therefore requested for an additional 2.5 billion Shillings for the project but Masaka Municipality declined to provide more funding. As result the Chinese company terminated the contract and left.
For the last one year, these road projects had stalled as the municipality sourced for new contractors. It finally awarded the contract to TRAMINCO Uganda Limited to undertake the construction.
Godfrey Kayemba, the Masaka Mayor says the construction delayed due to procurement bureaucracies. He says although World Bank had released the funds, it was stuck in the Ministry of Finance.
Kayemba says he hopes the contractors will do their work according to the signed agreement. He says they will closely supervise the contractors to ensure no shoddy work is done.
Both the Town Clerk Innocent Ahimbisibwe and municipal Engineer Augustus Turibarungi have declined to comment on the matter.
Daniel Mulondo, a resident of Masaka has asked the Ministry of Transport to always release funds on time.
He says the delayed release of funds has frustrated the implementation of major projects.
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George Mutabaazi, the President of Uganda Local Government Association - ULGA says bureaucracy in government is one of the biggest factors affecting implementation of projects in Local Governments.
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The four road projects are expected to be completed in one year.
