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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Local leaders and residents in Kyegegwa District are up in arms after a road network spanning 40km from Nabingoola in Mubende District to Kakaabara in Kyegegwa District was rendered impassable after the contractor allegedly abandoned the site.<\/p>\n

The road, which connects the sub-counties of Kasule, Hapuuyo, Kigambo and Kakaabara in Kyaka North County, Kyegegwa District, is propped by Shs1.9 billion under the auspices of the Office of the Prime Minister\u2019s Development Response to Displacement Impact Project (DRDIP).<\/p>\n

Pekesa company was contracted to rehabilitate the road but most sections of it have developed potholes and others have been swept away by the recent torrential rain.<\/p>\n

Mr Wilber Atwijure, a resident of Minwa Village in Kigambo Sub-county, told Saturday Monitor that the stretch at Kataturwa is impassable because the contractor just dumped murram in the middle of the road and made no attempt to grade it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Kataturwa area, cars can\u2019t pass there. We decided to create our own footpath such that we can have where to pass. I did not see graders working here; instead I see trucks ferrying murram, dumping it in the middle of the road,\u201d Mr Atwijure said, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s now over one month, we don\u2019t see the contractor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Umaru Nsubuga, the district councillor for Kakaabara Sub-county, said the entire road was poorly done by the contractor. He added that it is now two years since the road project was entrusted to the care of the contractor.<\/p>\n

Swept away<\/b><\/p>\n

The recent heavy fall of rain has compounded matters. A fortnight ago, a bridge at Nyakabiiso swamp\u2014which is a tributary of River Muzizi\u2014was swept away by floods. Travellers en route from Kigambo Sub-county to Kakaabara Sub-county now have to part with Shs2,000 to use a makeshift bridge constructed by locals.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sub-county ambulance of Kakaabara is now parked at Gasan trading centre,\u201d Mr Nsubuga revealed.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt can\u2019t use the makeshift bridge at Nyakabiiso. Patients are stranded in villages. The contractor did shoddy work that is why the bridge was swept away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Paul Asaba, the Kyaka North County lawmaker, said the district\u2019s leadership is not satisfied with the construction works and is contemplating petitioning President Museveni.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was still a district councillor\u2014together with our current district woman Member of Parliament\u2014our council blacklisted Pekasa for not doing any work in our district,\u201d he revealed, adding that he was surprised that the company \u201cgot a job [despite having] never met our expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr John Kisoke, the Kyegewa District chairperson, said Nabingoola-Kakaabara road is still under construction ditto Nyakabiiso Bridge which was swept away.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs district, we are going to sit as a roads committee with our Members of Parliament and contractor to look for the way forward because, as district contractor, [Pekesa] has not handed over the road to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Project deliverables<\/b><\/p>\n

Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi, who is the area Member of Parliament, intervened by convening a meeting after the Prime Minister had recommended that the contractor be terminated.<\/p>\n

The contractor was supposed to widen the road to achieve a carriage way of 5.4 metres, drain inside the slope of a 1.2-metre width on both sides and a 0.6-metre side drain width on all sections.<\/p>\n

Pekesa was also supposed to do bush clearing, grading and shaping the road, and widen the road to allow two cars to pass. The company was also supposed to install culverts, erect drainage channels, do swamp raising at Mukyeeya as well as put gravel and murram.<\/p>\n

Pekesa responds<\/b><\/p>\n

When contacted last Wednesday, Mr Sande said the heavy rains negatively impacted their construction works. He further revealed that the contract he signed classifies the road as a Class B. This, he added, means the road can take on only a few vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo people want me to put things on the road that were not in the bill of quantities?\u201d he asked, adding: \u201cNyakabiiso swamp that flooded … does not need culverts; instead it needs a bridge or box culvert, which is over Shs1 billion but such culverts are put on major roads which are Class A.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Sande said for sections of the road which had rocks that required blasting, they were unable to blast the rocks because they had no money to compensate people in case of any damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to Nema (the National Environment Management Authority) [and] submitted our papers to allow us blast the rocks, but we were advised that we shall be held to compensate people in case their houses get damaged,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWhen we told district leaders and officials from Office of the Prime Minister, they said they don\u2019t have money for compensation because the road\u2019s funding comes from the World Bank and it has no money for compensation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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