Tag Archives: Road Fund

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have expressed discontent over the prolonged delay by government to release money to the Road Fund for maintenance of roads. MPs were dismayed that even when funds are released late, they are insufficient and have left many roads dilapidated. Kitgum District Woman MP, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has assured parliament that the Road Fund was going to be operationalized following a legal opinion provided by the Attorney General. Kasaija’s statement follows a motion tabled by Tororo Woman MP, Sarah Opendi questioning why government was not …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The acting Bukwo district engineer George Festo Limo, and road inspector Isaac Mangusho, are behind police bars for alleged theft of Shillings 200million under the Road Fund. Police picked up the duo from Bukwo district headquarters where they had barricaded themselves on Sunday evening to …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Municipal Council officials have asked the government to increase the road fund budget to boost road maintenance and rehabilitation works. The municipality receives approximately 600 million shillings annually for road maintenance and rehabilitation from the government under the Uganda Road Fund-URF. Uganda Road Fund …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Luwero district authorities are on spot for failing to spend 2.4 billion Shillings in the financial year 2019/20. The unspent funds came into the limelight after the release of the Auditor General’s report for the financial year in which the district leadership was faulted for …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed release of funds for the construction and maintenance of roads has irked members of the Hoima district roads committee. The district had budgeted for 602 million Shillings as road fund but only received 415 million Shillings from the central government. But before …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Masaka Municipal leaders are proposing to divert a substantial sum of money allocated under the Road Fund to meet the street lighting bill. Masaka municipality received up to 3.6 billion Shillings in 2017, to finance the installation of streetlights in the area as part …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | District leaders are demanding for review of the current regulations of the Road Fund to improve on financing of routine and periodic maintenance of public roads. Government through the Uganda Road Fund-URF has since 2010, been facilitating routine and periodic maintenance of public roads …