Museveni directs UNRA to award six road projects to Chinese companies
President Museveni has kept in touch with the Uganda National Roads Authority coordinating that six government undertakings ought to be granted to three Chinese organizations without going through the compulsory offering measures.
As per the three separate letters to the UNRA Executive Director, Allen Kagina, the tasks will be taken care of through a pre-financing model.
“The motivation behind this letter is to guide you go into concurrence with China Communication and Construction Company(CCCC) to plan and assemble the referenced roads,”Museveni says in a June,21, 2021 letter to Kagina.
In the letter Museveni needs the Chinese organization to deal with the Kisubi-Nakawuka-Nateete/Nakawuka-Kasanje-Mpigi/Nakawuka-Mawugulu-Nanziga-Maya/Kasanje-Buwaya , Nakasero – Northern detour VVIP street and the remaking of the Pakwach – Karuma street and the Karuma connect.
“The public authority of Uganda will give budgetary apportionments in quarterly portions from the third year of execution,” the letter adds.
In another letter, Museveni coordinated that the development of Kanoni-Misingi-Mityana(37km) be granted to Zhongmei Engineering Group though Chongqing International Construction Corporation(CICO) will be accountable for the Kabwohe-Kitagata-Rukungiri(65.7km) and Misindye-Kabimbiri-Zirobwe-Wobulenzi-Kapeeka(138km) street.
The president has along these lines coordinated UNRA to grant the undertakings to develop Mpigi-Kibibi-Mityana(60km),Kanungu-Hamulwa(47km) and Butogota-Buhoma(32km) to Ashoka Buildcon Limited, an Indian organization.
Notwithstanding, the mandate by the president to UNRA implies that the serious offering measure that would permit the most productive organizations will be inescapable for these particular activities.
In the four separate letters, President Museveni says his choice is spurred by gatherings he had with authorities from the four organizations.
Pre-financing model is one where the worker for hire gives a prior obligation to back the development of the street project or some other task and government pays them later in the second or third year of the agreement.
This happens when government doesn’t promptly have assets for the venture yet needs it is to proceed.
UNRA representative, Allan Ssempebwa said the plan would permit the referenced street projects start off and the public authority pays the worker for hire later.
“This implies the agreements have focused on bring to the table assets for the task and government will pay them in the second or third year of the agreement. Interestingly, every one of the ventures had been submitted for development under the NPDIII at this point we have so far moved one year. It was just a question of getting assets for the development to start off,” Ssempebwa told the Nile Post in a telephone meet.
He demanded that this game plan will empower the development of the streets start off and as government searches for cash to pay the project workers later in the third year of the agreement, not at all like different courses of action where government is under commitment to initially pay a specific amount of cash before the project worker starts work.
