Tag Archives: road construction

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF and Congolese army have agreed to jointly offer protection to the road construction project in Eastern DRC. On Wednesday, the joint forces received the contractor, DOTT Services Limited. Last year, President Museveni and his DRC counterpart Felix Tshisekedi, commissioned the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first phase of construction of roads in Kitgum municipality has been commissioned, thanks to the World Bank-funded Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development programme (USMID). The work valued at 16.1 billion Shillings covers a total of seven roads crossing through 2.89 kilometers in the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Municipal Council has signed a contract with a Chinese firm, China Railway 18 Bureau Group Co Ltd for the construction of seven roads stretching 2.8 kilometres within the municipality. The 12-month contract valued at 16.6 Billion Shillings was signed on Thursday last week and …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has allocated over 14 Billion Shillings to Mubende municipality for road construction under World Bank support. Frank Mpewo, the Mubende municipality deputy town clerk says that the fund will construct more than 3 roads in the municipality, mainly Lubanga road (0.996 km), Second …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Local Government Raphael Magyezi has called for investigations into the aspect of road construction component under the Project for Restoration of Livelihood in the Northern Region-PRELNOR. Magyezi’s call came just a day after the Parliamentary Committee on Public Service and Local Government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Ministry of Works and Transport is conducting a study on the unit cost for the construction of roads in the country. The study follows concerns on the high cost of road construction currently estimated at 3.1 billion Shillings. The Ministry of Works estimates show …