Nakaseke, Masindi to get sh3b bridge

Dec 13, 2010

Syda Bbumba, the finance minister, last week launched the construction of a sh2.9b bridge on River Kafu, linking Nakaseke and Masindi districts.

BY FREDERICK KIWANUKA

Syda Bbumba, the finance minister, last week launched the construction of a sh2.9b bridge on River Kafu, linking Nakaseke and Masindi districts.

The residents in the two districts have been crossing the river in canoes. The bridge will also shorten the journey between Kampala and Masindi by 20 kilometres.

It will be constructed by AMPASS Technical Service. Eng. Jonathan Tugume, the project manager, said the works being implemented by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), will be completed within 12 months.

John Nasasira, the works minister, in a speech read for by Peter Sebanakitta, the UNRA executive director, said the bridge would be boost trade in the two districts.

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