Tag Archives: USMID

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has promised to order a forensic audit to establish why Nabuyonga Rise and Mugisu Hill roads in Mbale city, built under the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructure Development (USMID) programme have developed defects only three years after being commissioned. She was meeting …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some sections of Nabuyonga rise and Mugisu Hill lane in Mbale city have wasted away three years after being commissioned by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The two are part of four roads built under the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructure Development (USMID) programme with funding …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors operating along Naboa road and Cathedral Avenue in Mbale city are bitter with Dot services over the slow progress of the road works. Mbale city is implementing the second phase of the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructural Development-USMID project. The contract was awarded to …

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 | A ten year urban physical development plan for Kitgum municipality is in the final phase of approval at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development according to municipal officials. Kitgum municipality with three divisions of Pager, Central and Pandwong last developed it’s physical development …

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 …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The delayed completion of the Mbarara Central Market has been attributed to failure by the contractor to renew his performance guarantee with the Bank.  A Performance Guarantee is a contractors promise to complete the project undertaken. It is issued by an insurance company or …

  Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city has received 25.8 billion shillings from the World Bank under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID program to construct 3.6 kilometer roads. This translates to about 7.2 billion Shillings per kilometre. According to Paulo Batanda, the town clerk of Mbale city, they …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Chinese firm, China Railway 18 Bureau Group Co Ltd has been approved as the contractor to undertake 2.9km road construction under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Project-USMID. This was after the contractor emerged as the best-evaluated bidder during a three weeks’ long evaluation exercise for …

  Transporters are loading passengers and cargo from roadsides in Gulu because of the appalling state of the bus park Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of Gulu modern bus park still hangs in balance after the architectural design was rejected by the Gulu Municipal Development Forum. The project …