How national roads empower Uganda’s labour force through experiential learning and training COMMENT | ANGELA NDAGANO | It’s 1 pm, and the Kampala Flyover Project construction site buzzes with activity. The air is filled with the sounds of clanging metal and thumping machinery. Workers in safety gear move about quickly and …
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Why Speke was surprised by River Katonga 160 years ago, and its implications now COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | The roads and bridges unit from the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will over the next three weeks attempt to restore the bridge over River Katonga that collapsed on May 11 …
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LOP urges UNRA to install emergency bridge on Katonga River Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) expects to compelete emergency repairs on the River Katonga Bridge along the Kampala-Masaka highway in three weeks. “We estimate that it will take approximately three weeks to carry …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has commenced technical assessments of Katonga Bridge on the Masaka-Kampala highway. On Thursday, the water levels of River Katonga increased considerably, before it submerged a section of the highway and the bridge, making it risky for both motorists and pedestrians …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has announced that it will require approximately three weeks to repair the damaged section of the Kabale-Kisoro road and make it motorable. The road section collapsed at Bwaara village on Thursday morning, resulting in heavy traffic on both …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed maintenance of the Kampala-Jinja highway has irked lawmakers, who have now questioned the competence of Energo Projekt, a company contracted by government to undertake civil works. Parliament approved a budget of Shs82 billion for Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to supervise maintenance of …
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▶ Kampala Flyover links to: ✅ Kampala-Jinja Expressway ✅ Kibuye-Busega-Mpigi Expressway ✅ Kampala-Entebbe Expressway ✅ Kampala Northern by Pass ▶ Phase 1 ✅ Junction upgrading at Shoprite & Clock Tower ✅ Road upgrading at Queensway, Entebbe, Nsambya, Mukwano & Ggaba roads ✅ Pedestrian bridges at Clock Tower, Shoprite & Kibuli ✅ Underpass at Nsambya Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vandalism of road furniture on the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway remains one of the biggest challenges on the country’s only toll road, legislators on the Committee on Physical Infrastructure have noted. The MPs have tasked the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to come up with strategic and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has recommended a special audit in the maintenance of the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. This recommendation was made in a report presented by the Committee Chairperson, Joel Ssenyonyi on the Auditor General’s report on Uganda National Roads Authority …
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Why the merger of UNRA back into the Ministry of Works is going to be an unmitigated disaster THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | In the last few years, the government of Uganda has been latching from one bad policy move to another with incredible consistency. One of such policy …
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