Tag Archives: UNRA

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has commenced rehabilitation of the Manafwa-Bududa circular road following last week’s protests by taxi drivers and Boda boda riders. On Thursday, transport along the road was disrupted after the protesters dug a five-foot-deep hole at Buwangani Town Council, …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Road Authority-UNRA, whose responsibilities have been taken back to the Ministry of Works and Transport is disagreeing with the government on how much money should be paid to its former staff as terminal benefits. At the centre of the disagreement is whether …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Physical Infrastructure have recommended that the Uganda Roads Authority and Uganda Road Fund be taken back to the Ministry of Works and Transport. In a report to parliament, the MPs agreed with the reasoning of the government on the need …

Old bridge was built in 1959 and needs to be replaced   Pakwach, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME  |  The Uganda National Roads Authority UNRA is planning to build a temporary bridge at Pakwach to replace the current one that has existed since 1959. The old bridge is cranky and is …

Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The business community in Arua have asked the Uganda Wild Life Authority and the Uganda National Roads Authority to address the issue of charging travellers passing through Murchison Falls National Park, saying it is affecting their business. Last month, the Minister of Works and Transport, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Allen Kagina, the executive director of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to implementing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards in line with the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, recently adopted by Uganda. She delivered this message while officially opening the 29th …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority will have to renegotiate a contract with Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) for the reconstruction of Masaka-Mutukula Road and rehabilitation of several roads in Masaka District, Parliament has guided. The legislators want the China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unending insurgency in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced the UPDF to further develop their maritime capacity by equipping the team with sea vessel navigation. The first cohort of the twenty men of the UPDF who were trained for six months were passed …

Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has started clearing the floating vegetation that is threatening the Pakwach Bridge on River Nile. Over the past few months, a massive cluster of floating papyrus vegetation has accumulated near the bridge posing a threat to the structure that …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Internal Auditors of Uganda (IIA-U) has commenced a partnership with the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to plant up to 5,000 trees as part of a contribution to environmental conservation. The project was launched with an event where IIA leaders and UNRA …