Shs2 billion refugee project launched in Kikuube district
KIKUUBE – The government of Uganda has invested Shs 2.155 billion in campaigns aimed at improving service delivery in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Kyangwali sub-county, Kikuube district.
The project includes the rehabilitation of 30-kilometer road in the Kyangwali refugee settlement area. The rehabilitation of the Kituti-Rwenyawawa,-Malembo-
The six months project is being implemented by AZUL Properties Ltd under the supervision of Kikuube District Local Government and the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Kikuube District Engineer Emma Arinaitwe says the project started a month ago and the contractor is already done with bush clearing and is currently installing culverts.
Another project is about the construction of an Outpatient Department (OPD) at Maratatu Health Center II in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement area in Kikuube district.
The project funded by World Bank under the DRDIP will cost Shs 455 million and the six months project will be implemented by Kingstar Construction Ltd under the supervision of Kikuube district government and the Prime Minister’s Office.
Under the project, an OPD, delivery room, and installations of 10,000-liter capacity stainless steel rainwater harvest tank, one block of five stance drainable latrines and an incinerator will be constructed.
While launching the projects, Kikuube Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Amlan Tumusiime, warned the contractor against producing shoddy work.
He says, contractors doing substandard work will not be tolerated in the district to ensure value for taxpayers’ money.
He commended the government for funding the rehabilitation of the roads and called on local communities and the refugees to use the improved road network to improve on their household incomes.
He noted that this is the time a local person should engage in production to fight against poverty adding that the government is investing a lot of money in such projects to facilitate socio-economic development.
“These roads should encourage locals to engage in commercial production since you will be able to access market for your agriculture products such as beans, bananas and maize,” he advised.
RDC Tumusiime also commended the government for funding the construction of the health facility in the area adding that it is going to improve on health services delivery for both host communities and refugees. He also challenged the contractor to consider local content as they source manpower to work at the project.
Kikuube district Chairman V Peter Banura, challenged the contractor to put in place safeguards to ensure health and safety of works and prevent sex abuse and misconduct by construction workers to ensure smooth implementing of the project.
He explained that during the implementation of such projects, social challenges such as abuse of young girls by undisciplined project workers which result into spread of HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, environmental degradation and accidents tend to increase and, in the end, they affect the progress of the project.
However, local leaders that included district Councilors for Kyangwali sub-county and Byaruhanga Donozious, the Kasonga parish Councilor expressed concern that the construction of the road will stop midway leaving 1.7 kilometers un-rehabilitated.
According to them, they expected the rehabilitation of the road to start from Kututi to Nguse bridge to connect the areas to Kagadi district, but to their surprise, the road rehabilitation will stop within the refugee settlement leaving out the host communities.
Jolly Kebirungi, the refugee Desk Officer clarified that these projects are for refugees designed to improve road networks in settlement to ensure easy access of the refugee community in the camp as they supply them with services.
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