Government officials blame old Uganda National Roads Authority for deadly crashes at Busabala junction. The road authority signed contracts with Chinese builders but failed to pay promised money. China State Construction Engineering Corporation abandoned the 258 billion shilling project after five years. Former UNRA workers owed 43 billion shillings to contractors and left dangerous concrete barriers. Rajiv Ruparelia died at the incomplete junction along with dozens of other drivers.
Ministry workers dissolved UNRA last December because the agency accumulated 1.5 trillion shillings in unpaid bills. Officials diverted road construction funds to other government projects without proper approval. Finance experts say signing contracts without guaranteed money breaks public service laws. Traffic officers remove barriers when President Museveni uses the expressway route. Local people want the dangerous junction opened for normal traffic flow.
Workers were supposed to finish the Busabala flyover during July last year according to original plans. Chinese contractors built only a concrete pier before stopping work on the crossing. Cabinet Secretary Lucy Nakyobe warned UNRA leaders about construction delays before international summits. The incomplete junction creates a bottleneck where cars crash into barriers. Works Minister Katumba Wamala inherited massive debt problems from the failed road authority.
Ministry workers dissolved UNRA last December because the agency accumulated 1.5 trillion shillings in unpaid bills. Officials diverted road construction funds to other government projects without proper approval. Finance experts say signing contracts without guaranteed money breaks public service laws. Traffic officers remove barriers when President Museveni uses the expressway route. Local people want the dangerous junction opened for normal traffic flow.
Workers were supposed to finish the Busabala flyover during July last year according to original plans. Chinese contractors built only a concrete pier before stopping work on the crossing. Cabinet Secretary Lucy Nakyobe warned UNRA leaders about construction delays before international summits. The incomplete junction creates a bottleneck where cars crash into barriers. Works Minister Katumba Wamala inherited massive debt problems from the failed road authority.
