Pallisa residents frustrated by delayed road works

Residents of Pallisa town that were mobilized by the Pallisa civil society organizations' network to watch the debate on president Museveni's 100 days in office say that what they want is their Tirinyi to Kumi via Pallisa road constructed.

The session organized in the Country inn Hotel Pallisa was attended by 47 residents, 32 male and 15 female among these were the youth and people with disabilities.

Isaac Okalebo of Pallisa local human rights initiative said he looked beyond 100 days because the Tirinyi -Pallisa-Kumi road was promised before President Museveni's swearing in May 2016.

Okalebo said MPs prioritising themselves to acquire luxuries in life and even after death is affecting government service delivery to the common people because most of the funding is geared towards 400 of them and the few workers in parliament.

Residents reacting to the debate using facebook

"I expected the members of parliament to remind Museveni what he promised while campaigning because he reached every constituency and made a pledge but the members are discussing their cars and burial" Okalebo said.

Dauda Kasiba the LC1 chairperson for Pallisa central zone said government should be open to people on the Tirinyi road because UNRA officials are meeting people along the road to be compensated but tell them that they should allow road works to start as funds are not enough for compensation.

Kasiba said this is a trick of not working on the road because it is a known fact that nobody will accept to have his land taken yet he will have nowhere to go.

Engineer Isaac Wani

However Engineer Isaac Wani of Uganda National Road Authority said nobody should politic the issue of Tirinyi Pallisa, Kumi road and Pallisa Kamonkoli because anytime the work is going to start.

Isaac Gabengere the Pallisa civil society organizations' network programme officer said that because most people could not access the live debate they organized and hired a hall at the country inn hotel for people to view.

"People wanted to watch and listen but could not afford even a bottle of water as they watched that is why we stepped in", Gabengere said.