Busega Expressway probe widens to ex-UNRA officials

“Every design change triggered a chain reaction, which included new drawings, new quantities, new rates and new costs. This pushed the cost from the initial sh547.5b to sh1.2 trillion,” a former employee at UNRA revealed.

The Busega-Mpigi Expressway project. The Inspectorate of Government has started investigating suspended works and transport ministry officials over alleged embezzlement of funds meant for the project’s construction works.