By Kitts D.Mabonga
Kawempe
The commuters using the Kampala-Bombo Gulu highway in Kawempe division are celebrating following reports that the government plans to install traffic lights in the area.
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The announcement was made by the Kawempe division mayor, Dr. Emmanuel Serunjogi, during the Mulago 11 Cooperative Ltd annual general meeting at Mulago private primary school.
The mayor disclosed that the project, funded by the Africa Development Bank (ADB), will soon see the implementation of traffic light systems within the division.
He mentioned specific locations that will benefit from the project, including the roundabout at the start of Binaisa road, the Mulago city mortuary roundabout, and the roundabout at Mulago/Wandegeya towards the former CMI military base on Yusuf Lule Road leading to Fairway.
Sserunjogi pointed out that the traffic jam had become a menace for the residents, business community and the travelling public along the Bombo –Gulu highway in the recent past as the Bwaise signaled traffic lights system diverted traffic to Kalerwe via Mambule road which chocked both the Binaisa and Wandegeya Bombo roads.
He noted that the government was in the process of securing the contractor to carry out the job.
However, he observed that once the lights are installed, it will instantly mark the end of traffic jams entering the city Centre via both Bombo and Gayaza roads respectively.
The mayor also expressed deep concern how a certain powerful person in government whom he declined to name has reportedly frustrated efforts to pay off the residents of Katanga slum in Wandegeya parish to vacate the Katanga water channel reconstruction project site.
“As leaders of the division we are disappointed that a certain powerful person in government has clandestinely frustrated efforts to have all the evaluated locals paid off and vacate the Katanga water channel reconstruction project site,” she noted.
He mentioned that the project funded by the World Bank was to compensate all landowners residing along the channel for their plots and then relocate them to allow for the reconstruction of the channel. But he said the process has been delayed by the alleged government official.
Consequently, the Mayor noted that the delay has left the residents living along the waterway vulnerable to severe waterborne illnesses such as cholera and dysentery, especially during periods of heavy rainfall when the entire area floods.