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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday commissioned three critical oil roads in Bunyoro sub-region. The roads include the 111km Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road and the 235km Kigumba-Masindi-Buliima-Hoima-Kabwoya road that was constructed at a cost of 356 Billion Shillings. The contract for the construction was awarded to Chongquing International …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance has withdrawn from parliament a loan proposal of 386 Billion Shillings that was meant to finance the upgrading of oil roads in the Albertine graben. The roads include the 54-kilometre Masindi-Biiso road, 25 kilometres of Hohwa-Nyairongo-Kyarushesha-Butole road, and 25.7 kilometres of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has tabled before parliament a proposal to borrow 386 Billion Shillings for the upgrading of oil roads in the Albertine graben. The roads include the 54-kilometre Masindi-Biiso road, 25 kilometres of Hohwa-Nyairongo-Kyarushesha-Butole road, and 25.7 kilometres of Kabaale-Kiziranfumbi road. Government Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa …

Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Members of Parliament have been urged by Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to fast-track the approval of a new loan meant to complete the Hohwa-Nyairongo-Kyarushesha road and its other sections that in total add up to 93km in the oil region. UNRA executive director Allen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The massive theft of road construction materials is slowing progress on the oil roads in the Albertine graben, according to the Executive Director of the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA, Allen Kagina. The earmarked oil roads measure 97 kilometres in Hoima, Buliisa, Masindi and Kikuube districts. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Uganda National Roads Authority – UNRA is impressed by the ongoing construction works on the critical oil roads in the Albertine graben. Eng. Christopher Manyindo, the Head of road development at Uganda National Roads Authority while monitoring the construction works on Wednesday evening with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Parliamentary Committee on National Economy has approved a loan request of 1.7 Trillion shillings (USD 456.37m) for the upgrade and construction of national oil roads. The loan request was presented in May this year by the Minister of State for Finance in Charge …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has allocated 4 trillion shillings towards land acquisition and compensation for three oil roads in the 2019/2020 financial year.  The roads are Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko, Masindi-Biiso, Masindi-Bugungu and Buhimba-Kakumiro-Mubende. According to Finance minister Matia Kasaija, the allocation is part of the 6.4 trillion Shillings budget …