Daily Monitor
Sunday May 02 2021
A motorcyclist carrying pawpaws is helped to cross the makeshift bridge over River Ssezibwa in Kayunga District on April 4. PHOTO/FRED MUZAALE
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The shaky makeshift bridge was constructed by the community across the river after the old bridge was washed away by heavy rains.
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The Uganda National Roads Authority, (Unra) has said the reconstruction of a bridge over River Ssezibwa, which was washed away after heavy rains in 2019, is not its responsibility.
Speaking to Sunday Monitor on Thursday, the Unra spokesperson, Mr Allan Ssempebwa, said Unra engineers conducted an inspection and confirmed that the bridge located on the Kyampisi-Kabimbiri road is not on the network of roads and bridges under Unra jurisdiction.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday April 06 2021
A motorcyclist carries pawpaws crosses a makeshift bridge erected over River Ssezibwa in Kayunga District at the weekend. PHOTO/FRED MUZAALE
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A shaky makeshift bridge constructed by the community over River Ssezibwa on a major road that connects Mukono and Kayunga districts has put the lives of travellers at risk.
The bridge was constructed in 2019 using eucalyptus poles after torrential rains washed away the previous bridge on the Kyampisi-Kabimbiri road that had just been commissioned by President Museveni.
The section of the bridge that was washed away measures 60 metres.
The outgoing Kasawo Sub-county chairperson, Mr Badru Kafumbe, on Sunday said most poles that were used to construct the bridge, have now been submerged in water and the structure may collapse any time.