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VIDEO: Legislators on Uganda’s Parliamentary Committee on statutory Authorities and state enterprises (COSASE) have tasked the Executive Director of the Uganda National Roads Authority Allen Kagina to explain why the UNRA commissioned works for the second phase of the construction of the Kampala Northern bypass without conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment …

The High Court – Land division on Monday summoned Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to respond to claims that it illegally paid sh530 million to Kigo Government Primary School as compensation for land owned by the Kabaka of Buganda. This follows a suit Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi filed …

A Chinese contractor Chongqing International was on Thursday ordered by  Uganda’s Parliament to refund sh1.8bn that was paid out under a bogus claim. The chairperson of parliament’s Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) Katuntu ordered that the contractor refund the money by close of business November 29th …

VIDEO: Starting Monday next week, the works and transport ministry will embark on a campaign to inspect all vehicles in Uganda. They have called upon drivers to take their cars for inspection or else suffer penalties. According to the minister Azuba, the whole exercise is to regulate cars that are in …

VIDEO: The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has unveiled a multimillion shilling master plan that will see traffic through the central business district controlled. According to the roads authority Eng. Patrick Muleme, the two million dollar project will involve constructing a ring road that will provide access routes to and from …

VIDEO: Uganda National Roads Authority Executive Director Allen Kagina has admitted that she signed documents to pay a Chinese company sh7 billion without taking a thorough check on the documents. Kagina together with the directors of the Chinese construction company China Railway Group 3 returned to explain to the Parliamentary Committee on …

VIDEO: How did Uganda National Roads Authority degenerate into the mess it finds itself in? How did Chinese firms beat legal and construction processes to access billions in shillings, which billions according to the committee of parliament were meant to compensate those affected by the road construction works? As Joseph Sabiti attempted to dig deep …

VIDEO: Parliament has ordered five Chinese construction companies to refund  sh32 billion out of sh47.7 billion remitted to to them by UNRA. The contractors had a tough time before the Parliamentary Committee of Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises after failing to explain why they failed to compensate people affected by the roads construction and …

  VIDEO: Six directors of five Chinese companies contracted to construct Ugandan roads have  faced the wrath of legislators on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises for failing to compensate hundreds of affected Ugandans even after UNRA advanced them sh47.7 billion shillings. The Chinese directors were grilled to …

The Executive Director of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Allen Kagina has faulted former directors for advancing billions of shillings meant to compensate persons affected by various road projects, to contractors’ accounts. Kagina was responding to a query Wednesday by the parliament committee on commissions, statutory agencies and state enterprises on the …