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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has accused the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) technical leadership of a plot to parcel Shs250b of the authority\u2019s development budget to the Special Forces Command (SFC) to maintain and construct roads.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Lukwago said the funds were recovered after a scrutiny of the inflated Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter forcing them to \u2018cough\u2019 this money, now they want to give it to the SFC just like that. But we shall not allow that. Let the SFC be allocated classified funds or money from any other sources but not the money out of our sweat,\u201d Mr Lukwago told journalists at a press conference in Kampala yesterday.<\/p>\n

His remarks followed Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the senior presidential adviser\u2019s tour of roads that the Special Forces Command Construction Regiment (SFCCR) is maintaining in the city.<\/p>\n

Gen Muhoozi was accompanied by the KCCA executive director, Ms Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy, Mr David Luyimbazi, and the SFC engineering teams.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Lukwago criticised the teams, saying they cannot maintain city roads.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our assessment, the SFC has no capacity to fix potholes in the city. They have no equipment, no expertise and we even do not know how many engineers they have. They are just hoodwinking Ugandans that something is happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want SFC out of Kampala, Gen Muhoozi please take your men back to the barracks because they are just doing nothing. The best they can do is to go and handle our borders with DRC, South Sudan and others which are ravaged by insecurity because that is their area of expertise,\u201d the Lord Mayor added.<\/p>\n

The SFCCR secured a Shs2b deal from KCCA to fix potholes in the central business district.<\/p>\n

Army engineers led by Lt Col Robert Chabo started the works at Kiyembe Lane, Kololo and Rashid Khamis Road.<\/p>\n

The engineers have deployed their construction equipment, including army graders, compressors and trucks.<\/p>\n

In June, President Museveni ordered the SFC to take over the maintenance.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni said Gen Muhoozi had approached him to help in the construction at a very low cost.<\/p>\n

In May, the First Son toured some of the roads and promised to use the SFC units to improve them.<\/p>\n

Gen Muhoozi didn\u2019t talk to the press during yesterday\u2019s tour but in his conversation with the KCCA technical team, they told him that they needed money to establish drainage systems.<\/p>\n

Ms Kisaka said the wastewater was destroying roads because of a lack of drainage system, but are unable to fix them due to a shortage of funds.<\/p>\n

Gen Muhoozi promised to pass on their concerns to his supervisor to increase the funding to the KCCA.<\/p>\n

Task ahead<\/b><\/p>\n

Last week, Lt Kikomeko Kigongo, the assistant project manager, said they had enough equipment and personnel to do the assigned tasks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also had the pleasure to have our patron Afande MK (Gen Muhoozi) tour the progress of our work. Their main focus was to look at our progress given the challenge of rain. We managed to showcase the sections that we have worked on majorly Kololo, Old Kampala, Kiyembe Lane and Wilson Road,\u201d Lt Kikomeko said.<\/p>\n

He said their scope of work will cover 12,000 square metres of potholes, 10,000 square metres of section repairs and some pavements, but observed that rain and heavy traffic had affected their progress .<\/p>\n

The army engineer said drainage isn\u2019t part of their scope but promised to maintain the channels while they do their work.<\/p>\n

\u2018SFC unwelcome in city\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe want SFC out of Kampala, Gen Muhoozi please take your men back to the barracks because they are just doing nothing. The best they can do is to go and handle our borders with DRC, South Sudan and others which are ravaged by insecurity because that is their area of expertise,\u201d Erias Lukwago, Kampala Lord Mayor<\/p>\n

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