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The Entebbe Municipality Mayor, Fabrice Brad Rulinda, launched the construction of Ssebugwawo- Bunono- Abaita Ababiri road and Kitinda link which will provide an alternative route to Entebbe International Airport when the main Highway floods at Kitubulu zone especially during rainy season.
Mayor Fabrice Rulinda, however, disclosed that the construction of the alternative route will take a period of 18 months and urged locals to support the construction project.
Speaking during the Groundbreaking ceremony of the 6.1km alternative road at Tanda playgrounds, Mayor Fabrice Brad Rulinda, noted that the alternative road will have two lanes each with 3.5 meters wide, parking lane either side between 2-2.5 meters width and walkway either side ranging from 1.5-2 meters .
Mayor Fabrice Rulinda challenged the main contractors of China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co.Ltd to prioritize employing locals such that the community around can benefit from the project through employment opportunities. He also implored the contractors to expedite construction works so that the project is delivered in time.
Mayor Fabrice Rulinda also highlighted that :
” The community must benefit from the project . It makes no sense to give money to the contractor and the community doesn’t benefit from the road construction project.Such a huge project, must be something that should be remembered by the community, ” Mayor Fabrice Rulinda stressed.
‘ The contractor should ensure locals are not inconvenienced or affected by dust during road construction. Locals should have access to their homes and should not be blocked because of road construction. The project should ease people’s lives but not make their lives hard, ” Mayor Fabrice Rulinda cautioned the contractors.
‘ The area chairpersons should report to my office delays in road construction. We want the project to be delivered within 18 months without any delays.’
Mayor Fabrice Rulinda further pledged to lobby for funds to regreen Tanda playgrounds which is currently in bad state saying that once this football pitch is worked on , it will go a long way to promote sports and talents within the community.
The undersecretary for Kampala City and metropolitan affairs , Ms. Monica Edemachu, urged the project manager to first inspect the equipment to ensure they are not in dangerous mechanical condition.By doing so, this helps to minimize fatalities or accidents at the construction site.
” We have had incidents where people have lost lives at the site, some of them due to careless mistakes by pedestrians. The diversion sign posts must be put in place during construction to avoid similar accidents .
‘ Environmental safeguards are crucial in this project . There are areas where we have been forced to suspend projects due to issues related to environmental safeguards . Therefore, we should ensure we mitigate issues that affect the project and ensure we have smooth implementation of the project, ” Ms.Edemachu appealed.’
The Entebbe Municipal Deputy Town Clerk, Sophie Nakandi, noted that the road construction project is one of the initiatives aimed at improving institutional capacity and infrastructure development geared towards improving connectivity and accessibility within the Greater Kampala metropolitan area.
She appreciated landlords who consented and gave right of way moreover without demanding for any compensation.
Ms. Nakandi tasked the contractors to deliver quality work and asked residents to support them to be able to deliver top notch quality construction works.
” You should monitor the project and report concerns to local leaders so that we address them, ” Ms.Nakandi stated.’
The Entebbe Municipal Engineer , Eng. Christine Mary Nanfuka Sengendo who is also the project manager ,said besides China Jiangxi International Economic and Cooperation Co.Ltd being the main contactor in charge of civil works , the supervision works will be undertaken by professional Engineering Consultants Ltd while social environmental safeguards will be undertaken by GESCH Consultant Ltd.
Eng. Christine Mary Nanfuka revealed that alternative routes to Entebbe International Airport will be lit with solar lights .
The Katabi Town Council Mayor, Ronald Kalema Basamulekere who accompanied Mayor Fabrice Rulinda during the launch of road construction project, urged the contractors to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS saying the area where they are going to work has a number of beautiful ladies who sexually active and in need of money.
