On Friday last week, Rosemary Kisembo was appointed the new Executive Director of the National Identification and Registrations Authority (NIRA). She takes over from Judy Obitre Gama whose contract expired last year in 2020. Kisembo has been serving at NIRA as the authority’s Head of IT. She previously served as Head of Department at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) for over 5 years and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) as the Manager Software Engineering from March 2011 until January 2016. Kisembo is a Software Engineer, IT Specialist, and IT Project Lead with extensive experience and multi-faceted skills in adopting relevant technologies…
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dfcu Bank recently held a customer engagement workshop with prospective customers in the roads construction sector in Uganda. The workshop which ran under the theme, ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Road Construction Sector,’ was aimed at raising awareness on financing opportunities for various players in the road sector and highlighting the possibilities that arise from partnering with dfcu Bank in terms of increased capacity to take on bigger contracts. This was supported by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) which shared an outlook of the country’s road sector. Speaking during the engagement, the dfcu Bank Executive Director and Chief Commercial…
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Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), through its contractor Shimizu—Konoike JV, has embarked on more deep excavations to pave way for the 2nd part of the Nsambya Underpass now under construction. The Contractor has also started planting steel screw piles into the ground that will hold/support the Flyover structure. The main project objective is to mitigate traffic congestion within the Greater Kampala and end the flooding challenges in the City, especially around the Queen’s way whenever there’s a heavy downpour. Works ongoing on the project For instance, the main drainage channel, crossing the road beneath the Clock Tower square is now under…
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By Allen Kagina By comparing the major infrastructure projects implemented in Uganda with projects implemented in other countries, different authors in all media (print, broadcast and social media) have, missed the many distinct disparities between projects in Uganda and in other countries that include (i) Actual Project Costs (ii) Project Scope (iii) Time value of Money (timing of implementation); (iv) market conditions or prices of project inputs such as bitumen, fuel, among others; which makes a mere comparison of the unit costs without taking into consideration of these differences misleading and alarmist! Project Costs Indeed, comparisons of Ugandan projects with…
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The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a grant of $130.8 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to ease the movement of goods and people and improve access to social services and job opportunities in the refugee hosting districts in the West Nile sub-region of Uganda. The grant is financed through the IDA18 Window for Host Communities and Refugees. The Uganda Roads and Bridges in the Refugee Hosting Districts Projectwill upgrade 105 kilometre (km) Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo road from gravel to bitumen and strengthen the institutional capacity of the Uganda National Roads Authority to manage environmental, social, and road safety risks. World Bank says the project will foster greater regional integration through trade with DRC and Southern Sudan, reduce travel time, and create employment for youth and women….
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By Brian Tahinduka With a budget of UGX648 billion the financial year 2019/20, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is constructing an additional 900 kilometres of paved roads across Uganda bringing the number of paved roads across the country to 5000km. Through a preferential contracting policy, UNRA is supporting Uganda’s local construction firms to achieve these targets by ensuring local content of 30% for each contract awarded. At Stanbic Bank, we are committed to bridging the gap in the construction sector through fostering partnerships. We bring together key stakeholders such as the local contractors under their Uganda National Association of…
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