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✳ KCCA plan
■ Five key new roads under construction
■ Signalization of 13 of 30 junctions set
■ Plan to construct & upgrade 300km of secondary & connecting roads
■ Renovation of Old Taxi Park
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) is promising city residents better roads in 2020, as several projects to improve the network are underway and financial support is being sought to meet all the new year’s targets.
Key among these is the Second Kampala Institutional and Infrastructure Development Project (KIIDP 2) that seeks to enhance infrastructure and institutional capacity of KCCA and improve urban mobility for inclusive economic growth.
The Launch of the DFID supported Roads rehabilitation Program will will also have a huge impact on the Kampala network, as it will see construction and upgrade of up to 300km of secondary and connecting roads if the loan is approved by Cabinet.
In a statement early this month, KCCA confirmed that although all the KIIDP Batch 2 roads projects were handed over to the contractors and works are on going, persistent rains have constrained progress.
Works are underway on five key roads in the city: Kulambiro Ring road and its extension (5.7 km), the NakawaNtinda Road (2.8km), Acacia Road (1.4km), Kabuusu-Bunamwaya roads (8.06km) and Lukuli Road (7.7km).
“The roads were launched by Ag. ED Andrew Kitaka and President Yoweri Museveni and due recognition made,” KCCA said.
In addition to the roads, signalization of 13 of 30 junctions is in the pipeline in the first half of the year at Ntinda, Matyr’s Way, Ssemawata, Ntinda, Lower Kololo Terace,Upper Kololo Terrace, Mabua Road, Sturrock Road, Acacia Avenue, Kabusu / Masaka Rd, Lweza/Entebbe, Lukuli Road/Kayemba, Masaka Road.
Next six months
KCCA’s report on their performance in 2019 and plans for 2020 indicated up to 300km secondary and connecting roads are earmarked to be worked on in the next six months, plus the renovation of the Old Taxi Park.
“At the beginning of 2019, we set an ambitious plan across our areas of operation starting with roads and drainage works, street lighting, waste management, revenue administration to economic empowerment of the vulnerable groups through skilling and job creation, among others,” KCCA said in its statement.
“Renovation of Old Taxi Park – works were halted due to lack of funds and land encumbrances. The, feasibilty study has commenced but emergence repairs are ongoing, ” KCCA said.
KCCA also confirmed that construction and upgrade of 300km of secondary and connecting roads
“Construction and upgrade of 300km of secondary and connecting roads in the city under a $250million UK Export Finance Facility is in the final stages. Loan request is
pending approval by cabinet.”
FULL KCCA PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION OF KAMPALA
KCCA Plans FOR Transform OF Kampala City 2020 by The Independent Magazine on Scribd
Without sounding overly pessimistic, KCCA plans all sounds fantastic on paper, good for reading, like the magnificent ‘artists impression’ drawings of cable cars and other illusions that former Mayor Sebaggala used to waste public funnds on. The challenge I have with KCCA works, is QUALITY OF WORK which in most cases is far below acceptable standards even within the expectations of a poor country like Uganda. Lots of money gets splashed onto very expensive road works and other infrastructural works, only for the works to disintegrate even before the ink has dried on the hand over of the works by the contractor. I do not know whether it is CORRUPTION, bad politics, incompetence of the contractor and KCCA engineers, or incompetent supervisors. I do not have to belabor much: either take an opinion poll, or just drive around Kampala and its suburbs, you will see what am talking about. But of course you know what am talking about. Ugandans in general and Kampalans in particular are not getting any value for money, and this is across the entire spectrum of KCCA provided services. I predict, this work program will fail just like the multitude of its predecessors, where huge amounts of money has gone down the apocalypse. If I may ask: how do the KCCA engineers if its not a matter of extreme incompetence, negligenece, or sabotage, expect tarmac to last even weeks when the storm drain water is allowed to flood or flow over the tarmacked road? Commonsense demands that the drainage system (water storm drains, gulleys, etc) be fixed first before embarking on tarmacking! Why allow digging of newly constructed roads to lay pipes? KKCA will claim it is not aware, but how comes KCCA enforcement is very quick to spot street vendors? I challenge KCCA leadership to prove me wrong.