NEWS- Authorities in Kabale district are requesting the government to give Kigezi region a fully fledged road equipment unit, in order to reduce the burden of applying in the Ministry of Works and transport to access the ones based at Mbarara Zonal Center.
Currently, most districts have grader machines, Vector load rollers and water tanks which were purchased by the government through the Ministry of Works.
However, during the launching of the rehabilitation of the 13 kilometer Kigarama-Kavu road in Maziba Sub County to cost Ugx 615 million, the Kabale district Engineer Januario Turinawe Bagamuhunda said that the districts lack road equipments like Bulldozers, Excavator and Low bed machines which are stationed at Mbarara Ministry of Works Zonal Center.
Bagamuhunda added that for the district to get the machines from Mbarara, one has to apply through the Permanent Secretary and to the Engineer in Chief in the Ministry of Works expressing the need for the machines and Kigezi being hilly area, it should be considered independent and get own Bulldozers, wheel loaders, Excavator and Low bed machines.
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Eng Bagahamuhunda was backed by the Kabale district Secretary for Production, Marketing and Natural Resources Ronald Bagamuhunda who said that accessing these machines in Mbarara hinders the proper implementation of constructing roads in the districts which is also costly to transport machines from Mbarara.
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The Ndorwa East Member of Parliament Hon Wilfred Niwagaba said that he will continue pushing for the cause, because Kigezi Region requires a special consideration of all types of road equipment.
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