Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road

The Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road is a road in the Eastern Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Musita in Mayuge District to Busia in Busia District at the international border with Kenya.[1]

Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road
Route information
Length65 mi (105 km)
HistoryDesignated in 2015
Expected completion in 2019[1]
Major junctions
West endMusita
Major intersectionsMayuge
Namayingo
Lumino
East endBusia
Location
CountryUganda
Highway system

Location

The road starts at Musita, a small town on the Jinja–Iganga road, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Jinja.[2] The road continues in an easterly direction, through Mayuge, Namayingo, and Lumino. At Lumino, a southern spur, measuring about 8 kilometres (5 mi), goes south to Majanji on the northern shores of Lake Victoria.[3] The main road makes a northerly turn to end at the border town of Busia (2014 population 55,958).[4] The coordinates of the road near Namayingo are 0°22'52.0"N, 33°50'09.0"E (Latitude:0.381111; Longitude:33.835833).[5]

Overview

The road connects the districts of Mayuge, Bugiri, Namayingo, and Busia. As described, including the spur to Majanji, the entire road project measures 104 kilometres (65 mi).[6]

Upgrading to bitumen

Before 2015, the road was unsealed gravel surface. In February 2015, the Ugandan government began the process of upgrading the road to class II bitumen surface. The first contractor for this project was the China Railway 18th Bureau Group Company, Limited (CR18), a subsidiary of the China Railway Construction Corporation. The budgeted cost of the project was UGX:207 billion. Completion of the road works was planned for August 2017.[7]

In May 2017, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) conducted an onsite inspection and found that CR18 had completed only 12 percent of the works with only three months left until the project completion deadline.[8] In a letter dated 12 June 2017, UNRA Executive Director Allen Kagina canceled the contract, citing CR18's alleged incompetence, performance below contractual standards, lack of commitment to the project, and failure to mobilise resources and equipment to ensure timely performance of work.[8] She ordered the Chinese contractor to vacate the construction site immediately.[8] UNRA plans to re-advertise the road and select a new contractor to complete the project.[8]

A new contractor was hired, at a revised cost of USh208 billion (approx. US$55 million). The new construction company, China Railway Group Limited, scheduled completion for October 2019.[1] The competed road was commissioned by Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, in August 2021. It was reported by Construction Review Online that the construction bill was US$55 million, paid in full by the government of Uganda.[9]

See also

References
  1. Christine Kasemiire (5 March 2019). "104Km Majanji-Busia Road to Kenya almost complete". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. Google (2 September 2022). "Road Distance Between Jinja, Uganda And Musita, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. Google (2 September 2022). "Road Distance Between Lumino, Uganda And Majanji, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. UBOS (27 August 2014). "The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants". Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. Google (26 July 2015). "Location of Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road at Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. EAAB (March 2015). "UNRA Paves 1200Km Roads; 5,000Km for Tarmacking By 2016: Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road". East African Agribusiness (EAAB). Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. The Insider Reporter (23 February 2015). "Enthusiasm As Mayuge Welcomes Museveni". The Insider (Uganda). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. Etukuri, Charles (15 June 2017). "UNRA cancels Musita-Lumino-Busia-Majanji road contract". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. Patrick Mulyungi (14 August 2021). "Musita-Lumino-Busia-Majanji road commissioned in Uganda". Construction Review Online. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

00°22′52″N 33°50′09″E

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