KCCA Needs 9bn to Fix Potholes In Uganda’s Capital
The Authority that governs the Uganda’s Capital City, KCCA revealed to media yesterday that they are to use at least nine billion shillings to fix the potholes.
While addressing Journalists at Uganda Media Center in Kampala yesterday, Cabinet Minister for Kampala City, Hon. Betty Amongi Ongom said that they sought permission from Minister of Finance and Physical Planning at allow KCCA to use the money for last quarter of financial year 2020/21 for emergency fixing of bad roads in Kampala.
This is an emergency action but we have a long-term programme and this long-term programme we have been discussing with cabinet and the president. The president has now given us a go-ahead to have a comprehensive long-term revamping plan for the city. And this long-term plan we’re the ones come with it, our engineers are already working for the longterm programme to ensure that all roads that require total overall are well costed. When we’re undertaking the construction of these roads, we don’t only handle the current reconstruction but also expand the road, ensure that we have lanes that can handle buses, lanes that can handle cycling and lanes that can handle pedestrians. So we recognize that it is beyond repair but also we can’t say we’re going to leave it until the long-term plan is actualized” Hon. Betty Amongi explained.
Amongi says the move is intended to provide emergency relief following a public outcry over potholes on city roads, which affects traffic flow and the safety of road users.
“This money we have brought is money within KCCA. While some were for roads, some were for different road purposes but we have brought all together to handle the emergence potholes. See, within the infrastructure, there is maybe road maintenance, road construction, drainage and we decided that we ask finance to allow us all the money under roads for 4th quarter for patching the potholes. That is money which was supposed to handle overall infrastructure but we have now refocussed it to pothole handling,” Amongi said
Most roads in the five divisions that make up Kampala will be catered for, at least 38 roads are in plan.
However, for all along, the City Authority have been repairing these roads but after a short while, the potholes re-emerge.
LIST OF ROADS FOR POTHOLE FIXING
LUBAGA DIVISION
1. Masaka Road
2. Bulange Way
3. Lubaga Road
4. Zaake Road
5. Ham Mukasa Road
6. Balintuma
7. Wakaliga
8. Hoima
NAKAWA
9. Katalima road
10. New portbell
11. Nagulu
12. Kigobe
13. Kinawataka
MAKINDYE
14. Katwe
15. Nsambya
16. Tank hill
17. Nsambya estate
18. Ggaba
19. Ochola close
20. Usafi
21. Namasore
KAWEMPE DIVISION
22. Division Road
23. Nabweru
24. Kyebando Ring Road
25. Sir Apollo Kaggwa 2
26. Dwaliro
27. Nkinzi
28. Bombo and
29. Alice Kagga Road
CENTRAL DIVISION
30. Martin Road
31. Old Kampala Ring
32. Gadhafi
33. Boundary Close
34. Kasozi
35. Kampala
36. Bombo Road
37. Sir Apollo From Bakery Road To Makerere Hill Road and,
38. Sepirian Road