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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »COVER STORY: Pipeline politics
Behind Museveni, Kenyatta, Magufuli moves in US$ 3.5bn deal In what has become a tension and release pattern, the plan to construct Africa’s longest heated oil pipeline from Uganda to the Indian Ocean coast hit a milestone with the signing on May 26 of a construction agreement deal between …
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