{"id":41306,"date":"2022-12-08T20:32:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T20:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/heavy-rain-cuts-off-roads-in-kyegegwa-kitagwenda"},"modified":"2022-12-08T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T20:32:39","slug":"heavy-rain-cuts-off-roads-in-kyegegwa-kitagwenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/heavy-rain-cuts-off-roads-in-kyegegwa-kitagwenda","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain cuts off roads in Kyegegwa, Kitagwenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The ongoing heavy rain in Tooro Sub-region in western Uganda has destroyed bridges and roads, paralysing transport in the districts of Kyegegwa and Kitagwenda.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the affected roads include Kakabala-Kigambo, Hapuuyo-Kasule via Nabingoola in Mubende district, and Hapuuyo-Kyegegwa road.<\/p>\n<p>Others are Kyegegwa-Kazo road and Kyamaja-Ntuuntu-Magoma-Gasani road that connects Kakabala and Kigambo sub-counties.<\/p>\n<p>Residents said they have been experiencing heavy rain for the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Justus Ajuna, a resident of Hapuuyo Sub-county, said locals find it hard to cross Kaija bridge due to continuous flooding.<\/p>\n<p>He said the matter was brought to the attention of the district authorities a week ago, but no action has been taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that we cannot use Kakabala-Nabingoola road because it is in a sorry state. The contractor that has been working on the road left without handing over the road to the district leaders,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The chairperson of Kyegegwa District, Mr John Kisoke, said both Nabingoola-Kakabala road and Nyakabiiso bridge are still under construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to sit as a roads committee with our Members of Parliament and the contractor to come up with a way forward. The district contractor has not handed over the road to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge at Nyakabiiso Swamp on the tributary of River Muzizi was also swept away by the running water.<\/p>\n<p>This has affected residents travelling from Kakabala to Kigambo.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge was still under construction by PEKASA Construction Company.<\/p>\n<p>A makeshift bridge has since been constructed by locals to help pedestrians cross the river. Vehicles cannot cross the makeshift bride.<\/p>\n<p>In Kitagwenda, River Mpanga bridge on Kamwenge-Kitagwenda road was flooded last week.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy trucks now use Kamwenge-Ibanda road to travel to Kitagwenda. The truck drivers carrying farm produce spend more hours trying to navigate through the affected road.<\/p>\n<p>The chairperson for Kitagwenda, Mr Ismail Mushemeza, said the district has no tarmac road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only 73-kilometre road, which connects to Rubirizi and Kasese districts is in a sorry state. The transport is always paralysed when the bridge at River Mpanga floods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mushemeza said when the government tarmacs the main road and fixes the bridge, the business will be boosted within the neighbouring districts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The ongoing heavy rain in Tooro Sub-region in western Uganda has destroyed bridges and roads, paralysing transport in the districts of Kyegegwa and Kitagwenda. Some of the affected roads include Kakabala-Kigambo, Hapuuyo-Kasule via Nabingoola in Mubende district, and Hapuuyo-Kyegegwa road. Others are Kyegegwa-Kazo road and Kyamaja-Ntuuntu-Magoma-Gasani road that connects Kakabala and Kigambo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-41306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heavy rain cuts off roads in Kyegegwa, Kitagwenda - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/heavy-rain-cuts-off-roads-in-kyegegwa-kitagwenda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heavy rain cuts off roads in Kyegegwa, Kitagwenda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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