Works ministry to erase roadside markets
Mar 29, 2007
THE works ministry has given Kampala City Council (KCC) up to Monday to erase all roadside markers around the city.
By Mary Karugaba
THE works ministry has given Kampala City Council (KCC) up to Monday to erase all roadside markers around the city.
“If KCC fails to act by Monday, the ministry will erase the markets,†John Nasasira, the works minister, told Parliament on Wednesday.
The longest-serving minister said the markets include Kalerwe on Gayaza Road, Kyengera on Masaka Road and Kasubi Market on Hoima Road.
“We gave KCC a one-month notice to either erase these markets or transfer them to other places. Unfortunately, KCC has not acted yet the deadline expires on Monday.
“We shall come with a bulldozer and erase them,†Nasasira disclosed.
“Let the vendors not think that we are harassing them. We want to help them. These spots have become areas of accidents and are causing a lot of traffic jams.
“Let KCC get them stalls elsewhere because these are poor people who have to survive.â€
It was not possible to get a comment from the city authorities.
Nasasira and other ministry officials were appearing before the parliamentary committee on physical infrastructure to brief the legislators on the road repair progress ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November.
Nasasira also briefed the MPs on the ministry’s budget performance for the financial year 2006/7.
This was after the committee chaired by Nathan Byanyima demanded to know what the ministry was doing to stop encroachment on the road reserves.
The minister told the MPs that the ministry had embanked on road repairs and maintenance “so that there is order in the city.â€
He disclosed that the ministry intended to keep and maintain all city roads that have been worked on under the emergency road repair project.
Meanwhile, Chris Kiwawulo reports that work on the 62.5km Olwiyo-Pakwach Road is on course with 93% of the physical work done, the Road Agency Formation Unit (RAFU) has disclosed.
Chongqing International Construction Corporation, a Chinese firm, won the tender to upgrade the road from its previous sorry state to a standard class II double-lane bituminous road.
RAFU spokesperson, Dan Alinange, explained recently that the sh26.5b project also includes the construction of two concrete box culverts, the associated drainage and subsidiary works.
He stated that the 36-month works that started in March, 2004, are expected to be completed in May, 2007.
THE works ministry has given Kampala City Council (KCC) up to Monday to erase all roadside markers around the city.
“If KCC fails to act by Monday, the ministry will erase the markets,†John Nasasira, the works minister, told Parliament on Wednesday.
The longest-serving minister said the markets include Kalerwe on Gayaza Road, Kyengera on Masaka Road and Kasubi Market on Hoima Road.
“We gave KCC a one-month notice to either erase these markets or transfer them to other places. Unfortunately, KCC has not acted yet the deadline expires on Monday.
“We shall come with a bulldozer and erase them,†Nasasira disclosed.
“Let the vendors not think that we are harassing them. We want to help them. These spots have become areas of accidents and are causing a lot of traffic jams.
“Let KCC get them stalls elsewhere because these are poor people who have to survive.â€
It was not possible to get a comment from the city authorities.
Nasasira and other ministry officials were appearing before the parliamentary committee on physical infrastructure to brief the legislators on the road repair progress ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November.
Nasasira also briefed the MPs on the ministry’s budget performance for the financial year 2006/7.
This was after the committee chaired by Nathan Byanyima demanded to know what the ministry was doing to stop encroachment on the road reserves.
The minister told the MPs that the ministry had embanked on road repairs and maintenance “so that there is order in the city.â€
He disclosed that the ministry intended to keep and maintain all city roads that have been worked on under the emergency road repair project.
Meanwhile, Chris Kiwawulo reports that work on the 62.5km Olwiyo-Pakwach Road is on course with 93% of the physical work done, the Road Agency Formation Unit (RAFU) has disclosed.
Chongqing International Construction Corporation, a Chinese firm, won the tender to upgrade the road from its previous sorry state to a standard class II double-lane bituminous road.
RAFU spokesperson, Dan Alinange, explained recently that the sh26.5b project also includes the construction of two concrete box culverts, the associated drainage and subsidiary works.
He stated that the 36-month works that started in March, 2004, are expected to be completed in May, 2007.