Rain Disrupts Nakivubo Channel Work

THE rehabilitation of the Nakivubo channel has been bogged down by the unpredicted rain which has interrupted construction, reports Milton Olupot. The Kampala district World Bank co-ordinator for the project, Kiggundu Tamale, yesterday said the completion may delay, but hastened to add that the contractors are working around the clock to beat the two-year deadline. The rehabilitation of the 11km channel running from Bashir High School, Wandegeya, to Fifth Street in Industrial Area, was launched in October last year. An estimated US$24m (over sh43b) is expected to be spent on the project funded by the International Development Association of the World Bank. China Civil Engineering Corporation is undertaking the construction. Kiggundu yesterday said the performance out-put that was anticipated to move at 4% per month had been reduced to 3.2%. "There was some over assumption in the plan, we never took in consideration that some rain seasons could not be estimated," he said. He, however, said, "Our timing will depend on the pattern of rain now, but if it reduces we shall ask the contractor to pull up from the 3.2% to even 5% per month so that we can catch up with the lost time." He said a lot had been done including work on the Kafumbe Mukasa Road-Kisenyi junction which will be open to traffic soon. THE rehabilitation of the Nakivubo channel has been bogged down by the unpredicted rain which has interrupted construction, reports Milton Olupot. The Kampala district World Bank co-ordinator for the project, Kiggundu Tamale, yesterday said the completion may delay, but hastened to add that the contractors are working around the clock to beat the two-year deadline. The rehabilitation of the 11km channel running from Bashir High School, Wandegeya, to Fifth Street in Industrial Area, was launched in October last year. An estimated US$24m (over sh43b) is expected to be spent on the project funded by the International Development Association of the World Bank. China Civil Engineering Corporation is undertaking the construction. Kiggundu yesterday said the performance out-put that was anticipated to move at 4% per month had been reduced to 3.2%. "There was some over assumption in the plan, we never took in consideration that some rain seasons could not be estimated," he said. He, however, said, "Our timing will depend on the pattern of rain now, but if it reduces we shall ask the contractor to pull up from the 3.2% to even 5% per month so that we can catch up with the lost time." He said a lot had been done including work on the Kafumbe Mukasa Road-Kisenyi junction which will be open to traffic soon. Ends