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The bill for creating the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) was passed by the Parliament of Uganda in May 2006 and assented to by the President in June 2006. The Board of Directors were appointed in January 2007. Thereafter, the Executive Director was appointed in November 2007. UNRA became fully operational on 1st July 2008 as a semi-autonomous performance-based road authority. On 6th November 2024, after a run of 16 years, Parliament passed the repeal bill of the UNRA Act as part of a broader government program called Rationalisation of Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX). The 16 years can,…
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Hardly two years after arriving in Uganda to take up her very first CEO role at Uganda’s largest telco, MTN Uganda, Sylvia Mulinge has emerged as Uganda’s most admired CEO, in the CEO East Africa Magazine’s inaugural 100 Leading & Most Admired CEOs In Uganda Survey. The 2-in-1 CEO East Africa Magazine’s Most Trusted and Respected Companies & The Most Admired CEOs in Uganda Survey 2024 is part of the magazine’s thought leadership agenda that seeks to create a body of knowledge on what exactly great companies and great leaders are made of, as well as recognise them. “This, we…
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Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has asked the Uganda National Roads Authority to explain the cost of the 51-kilometre Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. In a probe over queries raised by the Auditor General, the committee noted that the UGX35 billion per kilometre cost of the tolled expressway looks exorbitant and the roads agency should explain. “How do we justify this to a lay person other than me; if this one is costing UGX35.4 billion per kilometre is a bit high,” said committee chairperson, Joel Ssenyonyi. The road cost US$476 million, approximated to be UGX1.8…
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Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is set to add 400km of paved stock to the national road network in financial year 2021/2022. According to a statement by executive director Allen Kagina, the process will involve upgrading of Masindi Park Junction and Tangi Junction-Para-Bulisa Roads (159km), Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko (111km), Upgrading of Buhimba – Nalweyo – Bulamagi & Bulamagi – Igayaza – Kakumiro (93km), Kampala Northern Bypass (17.5km) – Phase II, Rehabilitation of Sironko – Muyembe / Kapchorwa (29km) Phase II and Rehabilitation of Masaka town roads (7.3km). At the same time, there are 37 Bridges under Construction, 6 of which are expected…
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Uganda Vice President Jessica Alupo; Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka; Uganda National Roads Authority executive director Allen Kagina, UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima; Conservation Through Public Health Founder, Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Q; activist Stella Nyanzi and award-winning blogger, Rosebell Kagumire have been named in this year’s Avance Media 100 Most influential African Women. Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and Rosebell Kagumire and Stella Nyanzi came in the CSO & Philanthropy category, Winnie Byanyima in the Diplomacy Category while Jessica Alupo is in the Governance Category alongside Rwandan first lady Jeanette Kagame and Tanzanian President Samia Sulumu Hassan and Ethiopian…
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The construction of the Kampala Flyover project is ongoing despite significant challenges faced. “Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, we experienced delays in importation of project-critical equipment as the world shutdown. Additionally, a big number of our staff and the contractor’s staff contracted the virus so we had to initially scale down the operations for the safety of personal,” Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Executive Director, Allen Kagina said. “I am happy to observe that following the vaccination of most of the project staff, work has resumed and the progress is impressive,” she added. Kagina was speaking during a tour of…
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Members of Parliament from Busoga have applauded the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) for undertaking various road improvement projects that are now benefitting the residents of Busoga region. The ligislators from the region met with the UNRA leadership team yesterday and discussed the status of road infrastructure in the region. Led by Henry Maurice Kibalya, MP Bugabula County South, the other MPs included: Namukuta Brenda – Woman MP Kaliro District, John Teira – Bugabula North, Kyobe Inyensiko – Luuka North, Isabirye David Aga – Jinja North Division, Walyomu Muwanika Moses – Kagoma County, Batuwa Timothy Lusala – Jinja West, Paul…
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The Government Inter-Ministerial Committee on a National Response to the Kasese floods has endorsed emergency interventions that the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) presented as remedies to the devastated roads and bridges in Kasese following floods and landslides. Led by the Rukia Nakadama, Third Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda and Minister Without Portfolio, the Inter-Ministerial committee includes:Musa Ecweru – State Minister for Works, Ministry of Works and Transport , Peter Lokeris, State Minister for Minerals, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Victoria Rusoke Busingye – Minister of State for Local Government, Godfrey Baluku Kiime Kabbyanga – Minister of State for Information, Communication…
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