Parliament has tasked the committee of Physical Infrastructure and the committee of presidential affairs to jointly investigate allegations of inflated road costs by Kampala Capital City Authority under the US$200 million loan that was obtained to reconstruct roads in the city. This follows a crisis of deepening potholes in roads across Kampala.
During the parliament session today, the minister of Kampala Affairs Minsa Kabanda presented a statement on accountability of the US$200 million loan that was obtained from the World Bank to reconstruct 27 roads in the city. She decried several delays that impeded the smooth start of the project.
Kabanda explained that some roads are at a 60% completion rate while others are still stuck at the bidding level two years later
However the house did not debate the report as the deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa referred the report to the committee of physical infrastructure which is going to work jointly with the committee of presidential affairs that oversees KCCA.
The leader of the opposition Mathias Mpuuga brought the attention of parliament to the petition by the Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago disputing the inflated costs of roads under this loan which he laid before parliament.
The deputy speaker decided that the committee takes interest in the unit cost of roads being constructed under this loan to establish value for money
Parliament is concerned with the deplorable state of roads in Kampala despite the word bank loan that was obtained to give city roads a facelift
