Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Transport between Mbarara and Kasese district is paralysed following the breakdown of the ferry operating at Kazinga Channel bridge. The ferry is now docked in Rubirizi district. Towards the end of June this year, Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA started providing ferry services across Kazinga channel …
Read More »Museveni calls for amendment of procurement laws, reveals plans to revert UNRA to works ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has revealed government plans to disband Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and revert it to the Ministry of Works and Transport. “We are now going to abolish this UNRA and take it back to Ministry of Works but form road construction companies. …
Read More »Manufacturers applaud UNRA on Kampala – Jinja road works
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manufacturers, led by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda have applauded the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) on commencing the long-awaited maintenance works on the Kampala–Jinja highway. Starting at the famed Coca-Cola Namanve and Kigunga sections, the 72km road maintenance works will restore severely distressed parts …
Read More »Residents decry Jinja-Kampala Express highway compensation delays
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 150 families in Mutungo Zone III in Nakawa division of Kampala city who are affected by the construction plan of Jinja-Kampala Express highway road are still waiting in for compensation in vain. According to the residents, it is now three years since Uganda …
Read More »UNRA begins patching potholes on Gulu–Nimule road after media exposure
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Roads Authority – UNRA has started patching multiple potholes along the Gulu-Atiak-Nimule highway weeks after Uganda Radio Network reported about the transport challenges on the highway. The 106Km great north motorway that stretches from Gulu City through Pabbo-Atiak to Elegu Town Council at the …
Read More »Kampala-Jinja Expressway
Needed today, won’t be ready by 2030 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Uganda government on March 16 signed a US$229.5 million (Shs860 billion) financing agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) in the latest effort to raise money for the Kampala-Jinja Expressway. The Kampala-Jinja Expressway is being …
Read More »Masaka fares double as traffic from Kampala is diverted via new road
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public transport costs for passengers using the Kampala-Masaka highway have been increased after the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA technical team diverted traffic to carry out repairs on the failed sections of the road. A section of the Kampala-Masaka highway collapsed after culverts used to fix …
Read More »UNRA sued for undervaluing multi-billion property along Kira-Matugga road
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority -UNRA has been sued by a businessman who is seeking an additional payment of 2.1 billion Shillings arising from the undervaluation of his property which was affected by the Kira-Matugga road project. In a suit filed before the Civil Division of …
Read More »UGX 9.2 billion Awoo-Tochi bridge completed
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The business community and road users in Lango and Acholi sub-regions are excited following the completion of the Awoo-Tochi Bridge in Omoro District. For about six decades, locals in the area temporarily patched the bridge with wood logs and pieces of timber to facilitate trucks …
Read More »Construction of 191 kilometer Rwekunye-Kitgum road underway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the Rwekunye-Apac-Lira to Kitgum road has commenced. The 91 kilometres Rwekunye-Apac section was awarded to Sadeem Al Kuwait General Trading & Contracting Company of Kuwait while the Apac–Lira–Puranga road in Kitgum measuring 100.1 kilometres was awarded to Gulsan Insaat Sanayi Turizm Nakliyat …
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