Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local investors in West Nile are demanding that the government improves the poor state of roads if the sub region is to become a key investment hub. The Investors made the appeal in Nebbi district, during the first West Nile investment summit organized by …
Read More »Nsambya carpenters fight over relocation grant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a bitter row among members of Nsambya Carpentry and Joinery Training Association-NSACAJA over the Shillings 427million disbursed by the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA for their relocation. UNRA released Shillings 427 million in February this year to facilitate the relocation of close to 2000 …
Read More »UNRA plans to reconstruct problematic Lwera stretch
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority -UNRA is set to redesign and reconstruct the entire Lwera stretch on the Kampala-Masaka highway as a permanent solution to the rampant breakdowns experienced on the section of the road. In the past four years, the 20-kilometer section of the …
Read More »Behind surge in road crashes on Uganda’s highways
Police records 2000 road accidents and over 250 dead in three months Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In a shocking wave of road crash events, a Spanish photojournalist, a Swedish diplomat and a young lady looking forward to her wedding have all perished on Uganda’s roads in recent days, …
Read More »How intra-clan bickering felled the sacred Nabukalu tree
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is divided opinion over the matter of compensating members of the Lugave clan in Buganda over a tree that was cut to pave way for the construction of Mpigi expressway. The matter which has been silent since 2018 gained public attention following a court …
Read More »Over 700 road signs vandalized in Acholi and Lango sub regions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 796 road signs have been vandalized along the 952 kilometres national road network in Acholi and Lango sub regions by suspected scrap dealers. The vandalism estimated to cost Shillings 650 million occurred between 2020 to date. Henry Komakech, the manager Uganda National Roads …
Read More »WAKISO: UNRA clears structures in road reserve
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has demolished illegal structures worth millions of Shillings in Wakiso town council on the reserve of Kampala-Hoima road. Backed by heavily armed police officers, UNRA officials on Tuesday razed down semi-permanent structures, furniture shops and stalls in Wakiso town council amidst …
Read More »Entebbe Expressway: Sh2.5 billion in first month
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government collected Sh2.5 billion in the first month of tolling Kampala-Entebbe expressway, says the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The tolling exercise commenced on January 8, 2022. Allan Ssempebwa, a communications officer at UNRA, says the shillings 2.5 billion was collected within one …
Read More »Inside UPDF’s ‘triangle of death’ in DR Congo
With a limited mandate, logistical nightmares, and political posturing, is Ugandan army on mission impossible against ADF? NEWS ANALYSIS | KWEZI TABARO | It is morning on Jan. 07 and we are seated on the terrace of Gardens Restaurant, a popular stop-over for many travelers to Fort Portal town in …
Read More »Entebbe Expressway monies to help sort China loan
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Payment of user toll fees has started at the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. Works and Transport Minister Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala who launched the commencement of toll collections at Kajjansi said the collections will be used to maintain and repay a $350 million loan that Uganda …
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