NEWS– The State Minister of Finance (general duties) Henry Musasizi Ariganyira has revealed that Government is planning to tarmac the 47 Km Hamurwa – Keerere – Kanungu road.
Hon. Musasizi who doubles as Rubanda East Member of Parliament and Rubanda District National Resistance Movement Chairman was on Tuesday speaking at the Send off ceremony of Ms. Maricela Kandyenyenka, in Mukadongo Village, Mpungu Parish, Hamurwa Sub County in Rubanda district.
The late Kandyenyenka died at age 102 leaving 28 grand children and 68 great grand children.
“Our plan is to tarmac the road from Hamurwa up to Kihiihi in Kanungu, in the near future ,” Musasizi said.
He also revealed that the Government had spent up to Ugx 500 million repairing the damaged part of the road at “Hakagyezi,” and another Ugx 3 billion would be spent on repairing the damaged part of Kabale – Kisoro road at Hamurwa.
Rubanda District Chairman Stephen Ampaire Kasyaba said that they had already started utilizing the Ugx 1.5 billion recently received from the Central Government to maintain roads including Rwondo – Nyakatare in Hamurwa Sub County. Kasyaba also revealed that next repairs would be done on the Kashongati – Nyamasizi road, still in Hamurwa Sub County.
“The tractor you’ve seen at Rwondo is just from Ruhiija Sub County, where we have also been doing some road works. Now we are starting works at Rwondo,” he said.
Kasyaba added that the plan was to enable people to easily transport their Agricultural products and other trade items to the market centres.
