Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has tasked authorities at Uganda National Roads Authority to explain the delays in the completion of Mpigi-Busega Expressway. Mr Thomas Tayebwa who yesterday led a team of legislators from Physical Infrastructure and National Economy committees on a fact-finding mission, inspected on-going construction works at Katonga Bridge and Mpigi - Busega Expressway
KCCA could lose $288m grant over questionable Chinese contractor
April 16, 2021 Written by OUR REPORTER KCCA executive director Dorothy KIsaka during an impromptu visit to check on the road works progress in Kampala
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director Dorothy Kisaka’s grand dream to turn Kampala into a smart city has hit a snag due to KCCA’s failure to pronounce itself on the status of a controversial contractor, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC),
The Observer has learnt.
At stake is a $288m (about Shs 1 trillion) grant from the African Development Bank (ADB) to reconstruct city roads but the sticking point revolves around the competence of CSCEC, whose rec