Muzamiru this week told a delegation of the World Bank and Ministry of Works and Transport who were inspecting the World Bank USMID project in Mbale.
He said that by April, 99 solar lights as 4 out of 8 installed traffic lights were not operating.”The fault in their operations have been related to lack of maintenance,” he said.
The only thing remaining on the roads is the installation of street lights which is already in progress,” he said
Pade Joseph Walter the Commissioner of Urban Development in the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development commended Mbale City for the great improvement in the Quality and speed of the projects compared to the previous financial years.
In the FY2018-19 Mbale Municipality successively received Shs8Bn and Shs687million s but only 761m was utilized with over 7bn being taken back as a consolidated fund. In the subsequent FY2019-20, the municipality again received Shs20.5Bn but only 6bn was utilized and 13bn was taken back as the consolidated fund.
In this particular financial year, Mbale Received 19bn and 247m but so far 14bn has been utilized with about a one-month deadline for them to utilize the balance or else it will be taken back as a consolidated fund.
Martin Onyach Olaa the Senior Urban Specialist in World Bank urged the City Council authorities to plan properly for the land to meet the demands of the future as population pressure increases on land.
Speaking during the inspection, Ahmad Washaki the Resident City Commissioner of Mbale City urged the City Council technocrats and Political wing to work tirelessly and monitor Government projects closely.
He also urged them to utilize government airtime on radios.
David Kyasanku also told journalists that Mugisu Hill and Nabuyonga Rise road have been closed temporarily as repairs go on. He attributed the continuous damage to the too much tonnage on the road.
He noted that the Road was meant for T4 of 4 Tonnes but the road takes the load of T7 which is up to 7 tonnes.
He said that over 600 trucks pass through the road daily which has damaged it due to excessive tonnage. He noted that Council will write to the Ministry of Works and Transport to Upgrade the Road to T7.
