KCC project to end Bwaise floods
FLOODING in Bwaise could end following the launch of a $100m (about sh170b) project, which includes the rehabilitation of the Lubigi-Nsooba Channel.
By Florence Nakaayi,
Juliet Waiswa and
Ruth Nabukenya
FLOODING in Bwaise could end following the launch of a $100m (about sh170b) project, which includes the rehabilitation of the Lubigi-Nsooba Channel.
The Kampala Institutional and Infrastructural Development Project, which will be done in three phases within 10 years, is funded by the World Bank.
Lubigi Channel that drains into Bwaise in Kawempe Division will be rehabilitated in the first phase, estimated to cost $37m (sh70b).
Launching the project, former minister of local government Kahinda Otafiire urged Kampala City Council (KCC) officials to use the money responsibly.
“As the Government continues to mobilise financial resources, you (KCC) must examine yourselves and improve on your accountability,†he said on Friday at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala.
Other projects in the first phase are the construction of markets in Rubaga, Makindye and Kawempe divisions, road maintenance and the upgrading of Kiteezi landing site.
The World Bank country manager Kundhavi Kadiresan said money for the other two phrases would be released following proper implementation of the first one.
The infrastructure development project encompasses the implementation of the Kampala drainage master plan, traffic and road maintenance, improvement of physical structure, electrical systems and revenue collection.
The coordinator, Tamale Kiggundu, said the project, which was designed in 2004, would be reviewed before implementation to take into account the current status.
Juliet Waiswa and
Ruth Nabukenya
FLOODING in Bwaise could end following the launch of a $100m (about sh170b) project, which includes the rehabilitation of the Lubigi-Nsooba Channel.
The Kampala Institutional and Infrastructural Development Project, which will be done in three phases within 10 years, is funded by the World Bank.
Lubigi Channel that drains into Bwaise in Kawempe Division will be rehabilitated in the first phase, estimated to cost $37m (sh70b).
Launching the project, former minister of local government Kahinda Otafiire urged Kampala City Council (KCC) officials to use the money responsibly.
“As the Government continues to mobilise financial resources, you (KCC) must examine yourselves and improve on your accountability,†he said on Friday at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala.
Other projects in the first phase are the construction of markets in Rubaga, Makindye and Kawempe divisions, road maintenance and the upgrading of Kiteezi landing site.
The World Bank country manager Kundhavi Kadiresan said money for the other two phrases would be released following proper implementation of the first one.
The infrastructure development project encompasses the implementation of the Kampala drainage master plan, traffic and road maintenance, improvement of physical structure, electrical systems and revenue collection.
The coordinator, Tamale Kiggundu, said the project, which was designed in 2004, would be reviewed before implementation to take into account the current status.