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Parliament alarmed at slow work on Kampala-Mpigi expressway

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Physical Infrastructure Committee of Parliament has expressed disappointment at the ‘extremely slow’ engineering works on the multi-billion Kampala-Mpigi expressway project. Also known as the Busega–Mpigi expressway, the expressway is a 35.41km long four-lane, dual carriage highway whose construction commenced in 2016. The expressway is …

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ROADS: Total chaos at KCCA Council – Contractors meeting

Invited contractors’ representatives present questionable IDs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chaos engulfed a Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Council meeting at City Hall on Thursday after invited road construction contractors presented documents that couldn’t clearly identify them. Council Speaker Zahra Luyirika had invited contractors of the roads to be …

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‘Investigate management of Kampala-Entebbe Expressway’

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has recommended a special audit in the maintenance of the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. This recommendation was made in a report presented by the Committee Chairperson, Joel Ssenyonyi on the Auditor General’s report on Uganda National Roads Authority …

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PPDA regulations flouted in Entebbe Airport contract award

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has discovered that procurement regulations in the award of the US$200 million contract for the expansion and upgrading of Entebbe International Airport were flouted. In 2014, Government through Ministry of Works and Transport contracted China …

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Chinese firm fails to explain Entebbe contract acquisition

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) is puzzled after officials from China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) failed to explain how the company acquired the contract for the expansion of Entebbe International Airport. CCCC officials were on 03 February 2022 appearing before …

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Protective wall at Kitubulu road section completed

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority- UNRA has erected a retaining wall at Kitubulu section along the Entebbe-Kampala road.   The wall, 120 metres long and 2 metres deep, is expected to protect the road from flooding caused by the increasing water levels of Lake Victoria. In …

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