Gov’t Secures Additional Funding for Busega-Mpigi Expressway
The Ugandan government has secured additional funding to resume construction on the Busega-Mpigi Expressway following significant delays caused by land disputes and corruption allegations. President Museveni has suspended several engineers pending an investigation into the project's ballooning costs.
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Uganda’s Minister of Works and Transport, Fred Byamukama, has called for the speedy execution of the Busega-Mpigi Expressway after government secured additional financing to restart construction on the strategic highway, which has been delayed by land acquisition disputes and design changes.
Inspecting the 23.7-kilometre project, Byamukama said work had resumed after government mobilised additional funding to complete the expressway.
“Government has since secured additional funding and works have resumed,” he said.
The Busega-Mpigi Expressway, whose construction began in 2020, was initially scheduled for completion by the end of 2026 but has suffered repeated delays due to compensation disputes, land acquisition challenges and revisions to the project’s design and scope.
The latest inspection comes just weeks after President Yoweri Museveni suspended three senior Ministry of Works engineers and ordered Permanent Secretary Waiswa Bageya to step aside pending investigations into alleged corruption on the project.
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