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MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

Theme: Transport Infrastructure Connectivity for the Improved Service Delivery

15TH JOINT TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

September 5th – 6th 2019, Speke Resort, Munyonyo

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PROGRAM...........................................................................................................................1 Progress on the 14th JTSR Action Plan Matrix.....................................................................4 Annual Sector Performance Report for FY 2018/19...........................................................12 Annual Budget Monitoring Report FY 2018/19..................................................................44 Bridges to Prosperity .........................................................................................................54 Civil Society Statement.......................................................................................................65 Statement from Local Governments...................................................................................70

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PROGRAM FOR THE ANNUAL 15thJOINT TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW WORKSHOP 5th -6th SEPTEMBER, 2019, SPEKE RESORT MUNYONYO Time Activity Presenter/Responsibility Center Chair DAY 1 SESSION 1

• Hon. MoWT

08:30 – 09:00 Registration of Participants Secretariat 09:00 – 09:10 Welcome Remarks PS 09:10 – 09:30 Statement from Development Partners

• Rep. of Development Partners

09:30 – 10:00 Remarks by the Hon. Minister of Works and Transport 10:00 – 10:30 Opening Remarks Guest of Honour 10:30 – 11:00 Group Photo & Break Tea Hotel SESSION 2

• Hon. MoSWT (W)

11:00 – 11:30 Progress on the 14th JTSR Action Plan Matrix

• Ag. CPP

11:30 – 12:15 Annual Sector Performance Report for FY 2018/19 DEW/EIC 12:15 – 01:00 Plenary Discussion All 01.00 – 02:00 Lunch break Hotel SESSION 3

• Hon. MoSWT (T)

02:00 – 04:30 Plenary Discussion. All 04:30 Closure and Evening Tea All

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DAY 2

Time Activity Presenter/Responsibility Center Chair SESSION 1 08:30 – 09:00 Registration of Participants Secretariat

• Hon. MoWT

09:00 – 09:30 Annual Budget Monitoring Report for the Sector BMAU/MoFPED 09:30 – 10:00 Joint Monitoring Report AC/PA 10:30 – 11:00 Bridges to Prosperity Country Director, Uganda 11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break Hotel SESSION 2

• Hon. MoSWT (W)

11:30 – 01:00 Plenary Discussion All 01:00 – 02:00 Lunch break Hotel SESSION 3

• Hon. MoSWT (T)

02:00 – 02:15 Statement from Civil Society Chairperson CISCOT 02:15 – 02:30 Statement from Local Governments Dean of CAOs 02:30 – 03.00 Reactions All 03.00 – 03.30 Wrap up and Way forward PS/MoWT 03:30 – 04.00 Closing Remarks

• Hon. MoWT

04:00 Cocktail Hotel/Secretariat

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Abbreviations AC/PA Assistant commissioner / Policy Analysis CAO Chief Administrative Officer C.E.O Chief Executive Officer CISCOT Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Transport CPP Commissioner Policy and Planning DEW/EIC Director of Engineering and Works/Engineer in Chief DG UCAA Director General Uganda Civil Aviation Authority DoT Director of Transport ED/KCCA Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority ED/UNRA Executive Director Uganda National Road Authority ED/URF Executive Director Uganda Road Fund

• Hon. MoSWT (T)
• Hon. Minister of State for Works & Transport (Transport)
• Hon. MoSWT (W)
• Hon. Minister of State for Works & Transport ( Works)
• Hon. MoWT
• Hon. Minister of Works & Transport

MD/URC Managing Director Uganda Railways Corporation PCO Principal Communication Officer PS Permanent Secretary UNACOL Uganda National Airlines Company Ltd

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14th JOINT TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW ACTION PLAN MATRIX, 2018

Rating Achieved Partially Achieved Not Achieved

Section A: Policy, Legislation and Standards Code Issue Action Deadline Progress Rating Resp. MDA P1 Delayed finalization

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policy and legislative actions in the Sector.

• i. Parliamentary approval of

the Roads Bill, 2018.

• Jan. 2019 The Roads Bill, 2018 was passed by Parliament
• n 17th May, 2019 and submitted to H.E the

President in July, 2019 to assent to it. MoWT

• ii. Submit to Cabinet the

National Transport and Logistics Policy and Strategy (NTLPS), 2018. Mar. 2019

• i. Draft Final report for the policy was

reviewed in June by the Technical Committee.

• ii. Commenced
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the preparation

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Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) report. MoWT

• iii. Submit to Cabinet the

Inland Water Transport Bill, 2019. June. 2019 Bill cleared of both financial implications and legal compliance. Commenced preparation of the RIA report and Cabinet Memo for submission to Cabinet. MoWT

• iv. Submit to Cabinet the

Memorandum

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streamlining the legal status of East African Civil Aviation Academy, Soroti. Feb. 2019 i. The Cabinet Memo was submitted and approved by the Cabinet. ii. A delegation went to Arusha and it was agreed that the decision of Cabinet was to be presented to the Council of Ministers

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MoWT

• v. Parliamentary approval of

the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill, 2017. Mar. 2019 i. The Bill was passed by Parliament in December 2018 and it was assented to by H.E. the President in February, 2019. MoWT

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Code Issue Action Deadline Progress Rating Resp. MDA ii. The Act will be disseminate in the 2nd and 3rd quarter of FY 2019/20.

• vi. Submit the Traffic and

Road Safety (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to Parliament. Jun. 2019 i. Cabinet approved the Bill in December 2018. ii. The Bill had a first reading in Parliament and it is now before the Physical Infrastructure Committee for consideration. MoWT

• vii. Submit to Cabinet the

National Railway Transport Policy. Jun. 2019 i. Draft Final Report for the Policy under review by the Contract Management Technical Team. ii. To commence preparation of the RIA report. MoWT viii. Submit to Cabinet National Aviation Transport Policy. Aug. 2019 i. Policy was submitted to MoFPED for financial clearance; MoFPED raised some issues that are being addressed by the Ministry’s Contract Technical Team before resubmission. MoWT P2 Fragmented transport planning Commence preparation of the second National Transport Master Plan (2021 – 2040) Dec. 2018 Preparation of a National Integrated Transport Master Plan commenced in Jan. 2019. The Inception Report was approved in July 2019 and the assignment to be completed Dec. 2020. MoWT P3 Outdated

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non- existent design manuals, standards and specifications.

• i. Finalize the road design

manual for Non-Motorized Transport (NMT)

• Jul. 2019 Procured a consultant and work is ongoing; the

assignment is to be completed at the end of September, 2019. MoWT

• ii. Conclude the review of the

Urban Traffic Management manual Jun.2019 Presentation was made to the SWG and the consultant is addressing the comments. KCCA

• iii. Finalize update of the

railway design manual and specifications. Jun. 2019 Procurement of consultant to provide the service under evaluation URC

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Section B: Road Transport Code Issue Action Deadline Progress Rating Resp. MDA R1 Inadequate Sector financing for road maintenance.

• i. Increase the share of the road

maintenance budget from 19% to 24% of the GoU roads budget for FY 2019/20 (to UGX 670 billion)

• Jun. 2019

Road maintenance share of annual roads budget was 11% in FY 2017/18, it increased to 15% in FY 2018/19 and it reduced to 12% in FY 2019/20. More efforts are being exerted to realize more increase in share URF

• ii. Commence the construction of

30 km of low volume roads using low cost seals to reduce frequency of road maintenance

• Jun. 2019
• i. Signed contracts of Low Cost Seals for

36.9km of district roads in Kasese (Nyaruzigati – Kyapa – Kitabu road, 10.7km), Kamuli (Kisozi – Nawanyago road, 8.6km), Kayunga (Kyerima – Nakaseeta – Lukonda road, 12.6km and Mayuge (Bufulubi- Kyando – Buyemba road, 5.6km). 12.5 km equivalent have been sealed MoWT

• iii. Commence the construction of

60km of low volume national roads using Low Cost Seals (LCS) to reduce frequency of road maintenance

• Sept. 2019

i. Design of 52km for Low Cost Seal completed:

• a. Misindye-Kiyunga (12km)
• b. Kalule-Bamunanika (12km)
• c. Bukwiri-Kyankwanzi (28km)

ii. Upgrading of Lweza-Kigo (6km)

• ngoing, now at 70% progress with

expected completion date of Dec 2019 UNRA

• iv. Complete the review of the

URF funds allocation formula to ensure that it is equitable and consistent.

• Feb. 2019

i. Review of the URF funds allocation formula is still ongoing. ii. Presently, revision of parameters for allocation

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funds has been

• completed. A test run of the formula

is being done URF

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Code Issue Action Deadline Progress Rating Resp. MDA R2 Increased road accidents

• i. Roll
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the road crash database system

• Jun. 2019

i. Consultant procured and commenced work ii. Inception report submitted iii. Roll out commenced in Kampala Metropolitan Area in May 2019. iv. Roll out phase is expected to be completed in February 2020 MoWT

• ii. Implement

the mandatory motor vehicle inspection

• Jun. 2019

Negotiations held, awaiting guidance of Parliament to conclude the negotiation report.

• iii. Sustain the media campaign on

road safety

• Jun. 2019

Not sustained. Funds still inadequate. R3 Inadequate and inefficient axle load control system

• i. Increase the number of mobile

weigh bridges by six units.

• Feb. 2019

Procurement of 5 Multi-deck weigh bridges ongoing with the first delivery of 2 expected in Oct 2019. Installation of all the 5 is expected to be completed in Dec 2019. Procurement of 3 High Speed Weigh in Motion Systems for Magamaga, Luwero and Mbarara Weigh Stations is ongoing. The contract for installation of the three systems was signed in Jun 2019 and is under

• implementation. Expected completion date

including the civil works is expected to be completed by June 2020. UNRA

• ii. Install high-speed weigh-in-

motion weighbridges at Magamaga, Luwero & Mbarara stations along Mbarara- Katuna and Mirama- Ntungamo road.

• Aug. 2019
• iii. Install

a centralized weighbridge monitoring system

• Aug. 2019

R4 Weak National Construction Industry Capacity.

• i. Produce

and accredit the Contractors’ Register

• Jun. 2019

Draft register in place; the Ministry is to sign a MoU (October, 2019) with NITA – U to put the register on line. MoWT

• ii. Present a report to the SWG on

the performance

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the reservation scheme for local

• Mar. 2019

Data collection from the key sector agencies in progress. The draft report will be the end

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Code Issue Action Deadline Progress Rating Resp. MDA Contractors in the Sector for FY 2018/19.

• iii. Undertake capacity building

initiatives in the National Construction Industry

• Jun. 2019

To be undertaken when the Contractors’ register is ready.

• iv. Promote local content and

reservation scheme for local Consultants and Contractors in public procurement

• Jun. 2019

R5 Increased traffic congestion in the City and GKMA

• i. Undertake

junction improvement to ease traffic congestion in the city July 2019 48 new junctions were designed; a grant agreement was signed between Government

• f Japan and Uganda to improve 30 junctions

and construct a Traffic Control Centre to coordinate traffic flow on the major corridors in the Capital City KCCA

• 1. Finalize and submit to Cabinet

the Memorandum on measures to decongest the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA)

• Apr. 2019

Draft report submitted to MoFPED for financial clearance MoWT R6 High unit cost of road construction Prepare the draft report for the study to investigate the cost of road construction and maintenance in Uganda.

• Apr. 2019

Procured a consultant to undertake the study. The study will be completed in June 2020. Study still at infancy. MoWT

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Section C: Railway Transport Code Issue Action Dead line Progress Rating Resp. MDA RL1 Low operational coverage

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railway transport services

• i. Complete the detailed design and

procurement of a civil works contractor for construction of Gulu ICD Jun 2019 Detailed designs completed and procurement of a civil works contractor is

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Civil works expected to commence in January, 2020 MoWT

• ii. Complete mobilization and design

review for the rehabilitation works

• n Tororo – Gulu Meter Gauge

Railway line Jul 2019 Contract at negation stage: expected to be signed end of October 2019. URC

• iii. Undertake

capacity building programmes for URC Jun 2019 i. Consultancy contract awarded, expert mobilization, kick off meeting and engagement of staff and stakeholders commenced. ii. Feasibility study inception report approved. URC

• 1. Commence the feasibility study to

evaluate the potential and capital cost of having an urban commuter rail service along the existing network and corridors Jun20 19 The contract was awarded, Expert mobilization, kick off meeting and engagement of stakeholders commenced URC RL2 Delayed implementation

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Gauge Railway (SGR) Project. Acquire 76.376 acres of land for the Right of Way out of 2,026.582 acres. Jun. 2019 Implementation

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preconstruction activities continues though at a slow pace. In FY 2018/19, 120.603 Acres were acquired and 640No. PAPs were compensated. The total land paid for to date is 1,089.639 Acres out of 2,994.519 Acres and the number of PAPs paid to date is 3,527 PAPs out of 10,207 PAPs. SGR

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Section D: Air Transport Code Issue Action Deadline Progress Rating Resp. MDA A1 Encroachment

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land for Aerodromes 5km out of 7.3 km of Tororo Aerodrome land fenced, 3.5 km (phase II) of Gulu Airport land fenced and 4km out of 8km of Arua Airport land fenced respectively Jun. 2019 Tororo -100% of works completed, and Gulu -100% of works completed. Arua 25% of works completed. At Arua, there was some delay in procurement process. CAA A2 Revival

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the National Carrier

• i. Four Commercial aircrafts

delivered and operational June 2019 i. Two CRJ900 aircraft were delivered

• n 24 April 2019 and will be
• perational from 28 August 2019.

ii. Two CRJ900 aircraft more will be delivered end of September 2019 and go into service in October 2019. MoWT

• ii. Prepare a communication

strategy for the National Carrier June 2019 An interim Sales, Marketing and Communications strategy is in place. Section E: Inland Water Transport Code Issue Action Deadline Progress Rating Resp. MDA IWT1 Poor Inland Water Transport Safety Submit the Search and Rescue Policy to Cabinet Aug. 2019 Inception report was submitted to the Contract Management Team at the Ministry for review in July 2019. MoWT

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Summary of Performance of the 14th Joint Transport Sector Review Action Plan Matrix Number of Agreed Actions Rating Section A: Policy, Legislation and Standards Section B: Road Transport Section C: Railway Transport Section C: Air Transport Section C: Inland Water Transport Total Performance Achieved 4 1 2

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18% Partially Achieved 2 4 1 3

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THE 15TH ANNUAL JOINT TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW WORKSHOP SECTOR PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR FY 2018/19 PRESENTED BY

• ENG. SAMSON BAGONZA

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND WORKS/ ENGINEER IN CHIEF

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• 1. Introduction.
• 2. Sector Financial Performance for FY 2018/19.
• 3. Sector Performance against Golden Indicators.
• 4. Financial and Physical Performance :

MoWT, UNRA, URF, UCAA, URC & KCCA.

• 5. Conclusion

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

 The Works and Transport Sector is composed of MoWT, UNRA, UCAA, URC, URF and KCCA  Mandate i. Plan, develop and maintain an economic, efficient & effective transport infrastructure; ii. Plan, develop and maintain economic, efficient and effective transport services by road, rail, water, and air; iii. Manage public works including government structures; and iv. Promote good standards in the Construction Industry.  Sector Strategic Objectives in the NDP II (2015/16 -2019/20) i. Develop adequate, reliable and efficient multimodal transport network in the Country; ii. Improve the human resource and institutional capacity of the Sector to efficiently execute the planned interventions;

• iii. Improve the National Construction Industry; and
• iv. Increase the safety of transport services and infrastructure.

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2.0 SECTOR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR FY 2018/19

 Areas for low absorption for FY 2018/19

i. The low absorption was from Vote 113-UNRA under the Development budget for external financing. UNRA received 60.8% of the approved budget for external financing i.e. UGX 863.0bn out of UGX 1,419.10bn. ii. Of the funds released, UNRA spent UGX 573.289bn representing 66.4%

 Reasons for under absorption are:

i. Appropriation of budgets on some projects before financing agreements are approved. ii. Procurement delays. iii. Lengthy land acquisition process iv. Inadequate GoU Counter part funding to support land acquisition

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FY 2017/18 FY 2018/19 Overall Approved Budget (UGX Bn) 4,782.01 4,860.215 Overall Budget Release (UGX Bn) 4,260.77 4,437.779 % of Budget Released 89.0% 91.31% % of Budget Released Spent 89.4% 92.7%

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3.0 SECTOR PERFORMANCE MEASURED AGAINST GOLDEN INDICATORS

 Indicator #1 – Road Network in fair to good condition

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Road Type Actual June 2018 (%ge) Target June 2019 (%ge) Actual June 2019 (%ge) National Roads (paved) 97 85 93 National Roads (unpaved) 84 72 75 District Roads (unpaved) 61 65 66 Urban Roads (paved) 78 78 78 Urban Roads (unpaved) 56 60 60 KCCA Roads (paved) 55 60 62 KCCA Roads (unpaved) 70 72 73

Indicator #2 – Stock of Paved Roads Network

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Road Type Actual June 2018 (km) Target June 2019 (km) Actual June 2019 (km) Km Increase from the previous year National Roads 4,551 4,770

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420 Urban Roads 596 610 658.69 63 KCCA 595 600 612.5 17.5 Total 5,742 5,980 6,242.19 500.5

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Indicator #3 – Road Safety

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Road travel time (min/km) Actual June 2016 Actual June 2017 Actual June 2018 June 2019 Target Actual June 2019 Total fatalities 3,224 3,505 3,500 3,450 3,689 On average, 10 people die per day in road accidents!

Indicator #4 – Travel Time

Travel time within Greater Kampala was 4.2 minutes per km in FY 2017/18 and reduced to 4.1 minutes per km in FY 2018/19. This is partially a result of junction improvement

Indicator #5 - Road Construction costs

 The average construction cost for upgrading roads to paved standard with bituminous surface treatment during the FY 18/19 was UGX 3.1Bn billion per kilometre as compared to UGX 2.36Bn per kilometre in the previous year.  The average cost of reconstruction/rehabilitation of the paved roads was UGX 1.8Bn billion per kilometre as compared to UGX 1.96Bn per kilometre for the previous year.

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• The reason for the increment was due to pre-financed projects at commercial

rates

• Effects of inflation on multi year contracts

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Indicator #7 - Road maintenance needs met

 The road maintenance needs for the FY 2018/19 was UGX 1,807.2 Bn. UGX 512.24 Bn was allocated to road maintenance. This represents 28.3% of the annual road maintenance needs funded.

Indicator # 8 -Axle Load Control

 The total number of vehicles weighed in FY 2018/19 was 1,364,562 compared to 1,247,931 for last FY 2017/2018.  The percentage of weighed vehicles that were overloaded decreased from 3.8% in FY 2017/18, to 3.1% in the FY 2018/19.

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The reduction in overloaded vehicles was due to the introduction of heavy penalties for

• verloaded vehicles.

Golden Indicator #9 - Rail Freight Volume  The rail freight cargo increased from 7.5 net tonne km in FY 2017/18 to 39 net tonne km in FY 2018/19. The increase is due to the rehabilitation of the railway line and opening the southern route through Port bell. Golden Indicator #11 - Rail Modal Share on Lake Victoria Ferries  The share of Freight transported by rail on Lake Victoria ferries out of the total freight volume transported through Port Bell was 0.002 % in FY 2017/18 and 35% in FY 2018/19. This is mainly due to repair of the PortBell railway line and opening up

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Golden Indicator #12 - Rail Efficiency  It increased from 148 km per locomotive per day in FY 2017/18 to 251 km per locomotive per day in FY 2018/19 due to a repairs and maintenance of the track. Golden Indicator #13 - Wagon Utilization

 Total wagon turnaround time increased from 28 days in FY 2017/18 to 31 days in FY 2018/19 mainly because of lack of return cargo.

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Golden Indicator #14 –Aircraft Movements  There was a decline in non commercial aircraft movements at Entebbe Airport. In FY 2017/18 10,031 non-commercial flights were registered whereas in FY 2018/19, 8,310 non-commercial flights were recorded. The decrease in non commercial flights was because UN scaled down it’s activities at Entebbe Airport.  Commercial aircraft movements rose from 29,785 commercial flights in FY 2017/18 to 32,735 commercial flights in FY 2018/19. This was a result of an increase in frequency

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Golden Indicator #15 – Passenger and Freight Volumes by Air  International passengers increased from 1,700,624 in FY 2017/18 to 1,921,673 passengers in FY 2018/2019. This was attributed to growth in tourism, economic activities in the country and externalisation of labour.  Air traffic cargo has slightly increased from 62,093 tonnes in FY 2017/18 to 62,127 tonnes in 2018/19 against the target of 64,352 tonnes. Golden Indicator #16 – Freight Traffic on Lake Victoria  Freight traffic on Lake Victoria increased from 27,665 tonnes in FY 2016/17 to 40,689.42 tonnes in the FY 2018/19.

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• 4. FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE MoWT

Introduction

Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT)– is the Lead

Institution for the Works and Transport Sector Mandate

• Plan, develop and maintain an economic, efficient and

effective transport infrastructure;

• Plan, develop and maintain economic, efficient and effective

transport services by road, air, rail and water;

• Manage Public works including government structures; and
• Promote good standards in the construction industry.

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4.1 MoWT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE -FY 2018/19

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Expenditure Category/Item Approved (Bn UGX) Released (Bn UGX) Spent (Bn UGX) % Released % Release Spent Recurrent Wage 11.866 11.866 10.488 100 88.4 Non Wage 66.740 64.598 64.427 96.8 99.7 Development GoU 370.810 637.868 637.504 172.0 99.9

• Ext. Financing 425.382

295.823 295.823 69.5 100 Total GoU 449.416 714.331 712.419 158.9 99.7 Total GOU+ Donor 874.798 1,010.154 1,008.242 115.5 99.8 Approved budget for FY 2018/19 was UGX 874.798BN; Total amount released was UGX 1,010.54BN (representing 115.5% release)  The over expenditure under GOU dev’t budget was due to the supplementary budget for the Dev’t

• f Kabaale Airport (payment for the supervision Consultant) and for the Uganda National Airline

project (procurement of aircraft)

4.2 MoWT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE -FY 2018/19

4.2.1 DIRECTORATE OF TRANSPORT (Summary of Achievements)

 Government of Uganda acceded to and deposited 7 IMO conventions in April, 2019.  Seven (7) Bilateral Service Agreements (BASAs) for Tanzania, South Sudan, Rwanda Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA and DRC prepared and cleared by the Solicitor General.  EACAA attained Approved Training Organization (ATO) and Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) Certification.  03 Classification societies were approved (Libero Hellenic Shipping, International Register for Shipping [IRS] and Bureau Veritas [BV] to provide technical support in the areas of surveying of especially conventional water vessels .  368 water vessels were inspected of which 255 were registered and licensed against the target of 100 planned.  76 driving schools were inspected and licensed against the target of 85 due to inadequate funding.  1031 bus operator licenses were issued against the target of 1000 because of enhanced enforcement by the police.  30,788 PSVs were licensed and monitored against the target of 22,000.  Draft Final study report on transport costs on tarmac and murram roads was received and reviewed by the Ministry.  Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) report for rehabilitation of Tororo-Gulu Railway line was approved by the CGV.

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Performance of Development Projects

i. Development Of Bukasa Port

 Resettlement Action Plan study report was approved by the Chief Government Valuer.  Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) was approved by NEMA.  Construction of access road to Bukasa port (Kinawataka-Bukasa Road-8km) 35% attained.

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Performance of Development Projects

ii. Development of Kabaale International Airport  Completed 27.65% physical works of Phase I out of the planned 30% for FY 2018/19 .

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Performance of Development Projects

• iii. Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)

120.603 hectares of right of the way were acquired against a target

• f 570.4 hectares due to limited funding.

640 PAPs were compensated. Note: Gov’t is committed and closely working with Kenya on the construction of SGR.

When Gov’t of Kenya constructs the SGR to Kisumu port, GoU will construct a link from Tororo-Majanji and then connect to Kisumu by water. This is an interim intervention

• iv. Construction of One Stop Border Post s(OSBPs)

 90% construction works for Katuna OSBP (Phase 1) were completed.  90% construction works for the exit road at Malaba OSBP completed.  Designs for Goli and Ntoroko OSBPs completed.  Phase I of Elegu completed with Phase II (staff accommodation block and warehouses) to be completed in September.

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Performance of Development Projects

v. Uganda National Airlines Company Limited

 Constituted a Board of Directors.  Two Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft were delivered.  Acquired Air Operator Certificate(AOC) for commercial flight.  Recruited and trained key staff for the National Airline.

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4.2.2 DIRECTORATE OF ENGINEERING Summary of Key achievements

i. District, Urban and Community Access Roads

a) Rehabilitation of DUCAR  809.12 km of community access roads were improved in fifty four selected districts under interconnectivity project.  347.4km of district roads were opened and 252.5km of those were gravelled in all regions under force account.

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region, 76.1km were opened and 51.4km gravelled out of the target

• f 72.7 km.
• In the northern

region, 79.5km were opened and 54.7km gravelled out of the target

• f 100.65 km.
• In the western

region, 79.4 km were opened and 57.8 km gravelled out of the target

• f 107.9 km
• In the central

region, 112.4 km were opened and 88.6 km gravelled out of the target

• f 112.4 km

 Under Jinja unit, 132.26km were opened, 116.16 km were graded and 66.29 km graved

• ut of 329.39km targeted under force account.

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Summary of Key achievements. cont’d

District, Urban and Community Access Roads

b). District Road equipment  96.13% average availability of the road equipment from Japan attained out of the targeted percentage of 96%.  55No. (50 minor and 5 major) repairs of the zonal road equipment from china were done.  538 out 600 targeted road equipment

• perators from Local Governments were trained;

 Paving works for the workshop yards at Mbarara and Gulu Regional Mechanical Workshop was done and completed.

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Summary of Key achievements..cont’d

c) Construction of Selected Bridges on DUCAR network…. i. 5 bridges were substantially completed: Saaka swamp Phase II (Kaliro district), Okokor Bridge (Kumi) and Kaguta bridge (Lira/Otuke), Kibembe and Tongole cable foot bridges (Sironko & Manafwa districts) ii. Performance of some of the other bridges

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SN. Bridges Performance Annual Performance FY 2017/18 Target FY 2018/19 Actual FY 2018/19 1 Kabindula bridge (Kyankwanzi) 0% 100% 75.0% 2 Kangai Swamp (Dokolo) 0% 100% 55.0% 3 Wangobo-Nsonkwe-Namunyumya swamp crossing (Iganga) 0% 40% 45.0% 4 Muzizi Bridge (Kibaale) 0% 100% 25.0% 5 Amodo Swamp (Dokolo) 0% Design completed 5.0% 6 Kabuhuuna (Kibaale) 0% 100% 70.0% 7 Bambala bridge (Kyankwanzi) 0% 100% 90.0% 8 Kisaigi Bridge (Kakumiro) 0% 50% 80.0%

Summary of Key achievements

d) Other Achievements

The average availability of MV Kalangala was 98.2% against the target of 98%. The average availability of Lake Bisina ferry operation was 98%. District and Urban Council Engineers in 60 Districts and urban councils were trained in use GIS equipment and the processing Manuals were distributed to them. 198 Road maintenance gangs Leaders and 19 Road Overseers from the District Local Governments were trained in Routine Road maintenance. Produced fifty (50) technical advisory reports on building construction against the planned target of forty (40). Undertook 300 (target- 280 )material testing and quality control tests on construction materials were undertaken because they are demand driven.

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CHALLENGES FOR MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT

Scarcity of good quality local road materials (Gravel, sand etc)

 Mitigation: Research on local construction materials, rollout of low cost sealing.

Inadequate funding for;

• Development projects e.g. land compensation for Bukasa port, SGR
• RAP implementation
• Maintenance of District road equipment
• Road safety activities

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Low capacity for local Contractors

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5.0 PERFORMANCE OF UNRA

INTRODUCTION

Mandate

Responsible for developing, maintaining and

• perating the national roads network.

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5.1 UNRA FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE – FY 2018/19

Approved Budget (Ugx bns) Cumulative Release (Ugx bns) Un-Released Budget Cumulative Payments ( Ugx Bns) Released Funds Unspent % Budget Released % Budget Spent % Releases Spent RECURRENT WAGE 71.1 71.1 70.4 0.7 100 99 99 NON-WAGE 27.5 26.9 0.5 26.8 0.2 98 97 99 SUB-TOTAL 98.6 98.1 0.5 97.1 0.9 100 99 99 DEVELOPMENT GOU 1,612.7 1,612.7 1,609.4 3.3 100 100 100

• EXT. FINANCING

1,419.1 863 556.1 544.2 318.8 61 38 63 TOTAL Devt 3,031.8 2,475.7 556.1 2,153.6 322.1 82 71 87 MAINTENANCE - URF 312.6 312.6 312.2 0.4 100 100 100 GRAND TOTAL 3,442.9 2,886.4 556.6 2,562.9 323.4 84 74 89

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 GOU

Dev't Budget performed well at 99.8% of the budget released.  Under external financing UNRA received only 60.8%

• f the

approved budget and spent only 66.4% of the release.

• Main reasons:
• Appropriation of the budget on some projects even when the

financing agreements have not been approved e.g. UGX 228.4Bn was appropriated for critical oil roads yet the loan had not yet been approved and UGX 79.7Bn was appropriated for Muyembe-Nakapiripirit and Rwenkunye-Apac yet loans for the respective projects had expired and the loan re-negotiations were still ongoing. National Roads Maintenance Budget performed at 100% though funds provided (UGX 312.6Bn) represented only 52.4% of the annual requirement of UGX 596Bn

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5.2 Physical Performance

5.2.1 Roads Construction

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 Six road construction projects (420.1km) were substantially completed:  There are 22 ongoing road projects (new construction and upgrading) covering a total of 1,600km, at various stages of progress.  The proportion of road works executed during FY 2018/19 were estimated to be equivalent to 344.4 km out of the annual target of 400km-equivalent.  Total stock of paved roads now stands at 4,971km (23.8%).

No Project Name Length (KM) Financier 1 Kanoni – Sembabule-Villa Maria 110.0 GOU 2 Musiita-Lumino 104.0 GOU 3 Mukono – Kyetume-Katosi/Nyenga 74.0 GOU 4 Olwiyo – Gulu 70.3 GOU 5 Akisim-Moroto 50.3 GOU 6 Kashenyi – Mitooma 11.5 GOU

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5.2.2 Studies and Designs Undertaken

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• UNRA

completed studies and designs for 20 road projects and 15 bridges(preliminary designs). The road projects include:-

• Express ways;
• Road Upgrading;
• Town roads; and
• New construction.

5.2.3 National Roads Rehabilitation

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 Rehabilitation of 343Km continued on six (6) road projects. i. Nansana-Busunju Section 2 (18km) was substantially completed. ii. Nakalama-Tirinyi-Mbale(102km) : 46% physical progress

• iii. Fort Portal-Kyenjojo(50km) : 93%
• iv. Hima-Katunguru(60km) : 65%
• v. Ishaka-Katunguru (58km) : 20%
• vi. Fort Portal – Hima (55km) : 11%

5.2.4 Bridge Construction

• 5 bridges were substantially completed:

Source of the Nile Bridge, Nalakasi (Kaabong), Lopei (Kaabong), Kaabong bridge (Kaabong), Ruzairwe (Kibaale)

• Also, progress was made on the following bridges

(i) Nsongi ii) Mpondwe iii) Odroo iv) Ora v) Aji vi) Opot vii) Ajeleik

5.2.5 Ferry Development

A new ferry i.e. Sigulu Ferry that will connect Namayingo district to the Islands of Dolwe & Sigulu was fully assembled and trials conducted.

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• Manual Routine Maintenance on 786km of paved roads and 5,644 km
• f the unpaved roads;
• Mechanised Routine Maintenance on 4,811km of paved roads and

7,380 km of the unpaved roads; and

• Periodic maintenance on 46 bridges undertaken against the target of

56 bridges

5.2.7 Procurement

• UNRA implemented the PPDA Regulations for Reservation Schemes to

promote Local Content.

• During FY 2018/19, local providers accounted for 28% of the contracts

signed up from 24% last year. This included reservation by threshold and sub-contracting; i.e. Contracts awarded to National Providers totaled to UGX 736.95bn

5.2.8 Key Challenges faced by UNRA during FY 2018/19

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1) The financing for the road development programme remains constrained and therefore UNRA is unable to commence procurement and implementation of projects to cope with the demand.

 Mitigation: Engage MoFPED to increase the MTEF to match the NDP II targets.

2) The road maintenance budget remains lower than the required, which makes provision of anticipated service low.

 Mitigation: Establish term maintenance contracts.  Advocate for second Generation Road Fund.

3) Procurement delays due to whistle-blowers and administrative reviews.

 Mitigation: Review the PPDA regulations.

4) Land acquisition.

 Mitigation: UNRA engaged MoLHUD to establish a zonal centre (special) to process land titles.  Introduced a single code for land acquisition.

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6.0 PERFORMANCE OF UGANDA ROAD FUND - FY 2018/19

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The Fund derives its mandate from the URF Act 2008, which confers upon it responsibility to finance the routine and periodic maintenance

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public roads principally from proceeds of road user charges (RUCs) alongside other mandated finances of the Fund.

6.1 Financial Performance of URF

Description Approved Annual Budget UGX (bn) Total budget Release d(UGX bn) % of Annual Budget Released MoFPED Releases UNRA 312.563 312.563 100.0% DUCAR 214.735 214.699 100.0% URF Sec. Recurrent 8.350 8.386 100.4% URF Sec. Dev't 6.870 5.574 81.1% Total Amount 542.517 541.221 99.8%  Approved budget for URF for FY 2018/19 was UGX 542.517 bn of which UGX 541.221 bn was released (representing 99.8% )  Of the released budget, UGX 535.648 bn was disbursed to the Designated Agencies

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Performance of Funds Disbursements in FY 2018/19

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Performance of funds inflow

S/N KPI Target in FY 2018/19 OYRMP Actual Realised in FY 2018/19 Remarks 1 Timeliness (Average days from collection to deposit for each category) 14 calendar days max 11.5 calendar days average Achieved 36 The budget releases performed at 99.8% of the approved budget estimates, and on average took 11.5 calendar days from the start of each quarter.

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6.2 Physical Performance of The DUCAR Maintenance Programme in FY 2018/19

S/N Works Category FY 2017/18 FY 2018/19

% of Financed Quantity Achieved atQ3

Planned Quantity Financed Quantity Achieved Quantity at Q3 Planned Quantity Financed Quantity

Achieved

Quantity at Q3

1 Routine Maintenance Manual (km) 27,682 27,682 19,356 29,725 29,725 23,576 79.3% Mechanised (km) 15,224 15,224 6,883 15,951 15,951 9,568 60.0% 2 Periodic Maintenance Paved (km) 5,389 5,389 2,956 5,308 5,308 1,988 37.5% Unpaved (km) 3 Bridges Routine (No) 22 20 15 40 40 20 50.0% Periodic (No) 4 Culvert Installation (Lines) 6,143 6,143 1,756 7,429 7,429 5,248 70.6%

All planned maintenance needs were financed. However, the districts did not meet their implementation targets.

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6.3 URF Implementation Challenges

a) Inadequate funding for road maintenance.

 Mitigation: Continue pursuance of increased parliamentary appropriations towards road maintenance in order to protect the road asset and check backlog buildup. Side by side, the quest for empowering URF to a truly second generation (2G) Fund will continue.

b) Lack of precise real-time knowledge on size and state of the road asset which clouds planning and budgeting.

 Mitigation: Continue to coordinate with DAs, MoWT, and other stakeholders in collection

• f data on road inventories and condition.

c) Uncontrolled opening of roads at local government level which bloats the size

• f road asset without matching resources.

 Mitigation: Review of the classification of roads in Uganda with a view of removing network size instabilities; functional inconsistencies; management ambiguities etc. The Roads Act is also awaited to guide on procedure of reclassifying upgraded road network.

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7.0 PERFORMANCE OF UGANDA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (UCAA) – FY 2018/19

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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

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7.0 Performance of UCAA

7.1 introduction

 Uganda Civil Aviation Authority is charged with regulation of air transport in Uganda.

 The primary functions of UCAA are : i. Advise GOU in relation to civil aviation policy matters and international conventions. ii. Regulation of safety, security and doing business in air transport. iii. Management and development of national airports in the country. iv. Provision of air traffic and navigation services.

• Entebbe International Airport (EIA) is the main entry and exit point for Uganda’s air

traffic.

• UCAA owns and manages 13 other national airports namely; Arua, Gulu, Soroti,

Kasese, Kisoro, Jinja, Kidepo, Lira, Pakuba, Tororo, Masindi, Mbarara and Moroto.

• Pakuba, Kidepo, Gulu, Arua and Kasese are designated entry and exit points for

regional and international traffic.

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7.2 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF UCAA- FY 2018/19

No Department Approved Budget (‘000 Shs) Expenditure (‘000 Shs) 1 Directorate of Human Resource and Administration

• Employment
• Administration

90,537,080 22,140,052 79,260,843 20,848,602

2 Directorate of Air Navigation Services

11,805,349 5,760,448

3 Directorate of Airports and Aviation Security

20,271,542 11,802,251

4 Directorate of Finance

9,410,769 1,198,947

5 Directorate of Safety, Security and Economic Regulation

3,543,900 2,516,593

6 Corporate Office

20,153,190 15,750,452

7 Capital Projects

53,560,900 21,713,722

Total

231,422,782 158,851,858

Total Expenditure was 69% of the approved budget. This was mainly due to low absorption for Capital Projects whose budget performed at only 40.5%.

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7.3 PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR PROJECTS

No Project Name / Activity STATUS Remarks FY 2017/18 FY 2018/19 1 Expansion and Upgrade

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Entebbe International Airport 46% 67.5%

Taxiway extension, access road- 100%; Cargo Apron-85%; Cargo Terminal-77%; Service road-83%; Runway 12/30-85% complete

2 Improvement of departures at EIA 22% 60%

Works for 3rd floor roof structure connecting bridge and fire hydrant - 100% done; Elevated access road at 60% physical progress

3 Search Park at EIA 80%

Search Park Shelter-100%; Extra 2 lanes/road-80% complete

4 Fuel Hydrant line and Fuel Farm

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Cargo Apron fuel line completed and pressure tested.  Construction of the Foundation for the fuel tanks

• ngoing.

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7.3 PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR PROJECTS- FY 2018/19 Continued…

No Project Name Progress (June 2019) Remarks

5 Certification of Entebbe International Airport Development of the EIA Aerodrome Manual and compliance with ICAO,SARPS has been completed The manual was submitted to the regulator for evaluation 6 Establishment of a Free Port Zone at EIA UFZA took up the Land (5 Acres) and paid for it. The MoU is with Attorney General for clearance There is need to acquire the whole of MAAIF land for EIA expansion. 7 Automation of Systems at EIA – KOICA Project

• Installed Computerized Maintenance

Monitoring System (CMMS).

• Terminal Operations Control Centre (TOCC)

was refurbished and now operational.

• Air Traffic Service (ATS) installation completed

at Entebbe, Soroti, Kisoro, Mbarara, Gulu, Kasese and Arua. This project is largely complete. Undergoing harmonization with existing systems.

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No Project Name / Activity Progress (June 2019) Remarks 8 Certification of EACAA -Soroti The certification process was completed. Approved Training Organisation (ATO) certificate was issued on 19 Nov 2018. Approved Maintenance

• rganisation

(AMO) certificate issued 22 Oct 2018. 9 Revival of the National Airline Certification:  Certification of Uganda Airlines is in advanced Stage of Phase III.  Trained two Airworthiness Inspectors in Canada on the CRJ900 aircraft systems.  Two aircraft were certified in the Commercial Air Transport Passengers Category.  Provided guidance material to Uganda Airlines as pertains developing a Security Programme. Licensing: Air Services License (ASL) issued in November 23, 2018 Office Space: Allocated eight (8) offices to the Airline at Entebbe Airport Certification: Scheduled to provisionally Start Phase IV

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July 10, 2019 while awaiting Closure

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Phase III.

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Sn Project Title Cost UGX (000) Status / Progress 1 Diversion and closure of the road crossing the runway at Kisoro Airfield 364,745.812 Completed 2 Supply and installation of 60 Airport Terminal lounge chairs & 40 baggage handling Trolleys at Arua Airport. 243,386.680 Delivered 3 Demarcation of landside/airside and renovation of

• perational buildings at Kasese Airport

134,542.000 Completed 4 Construction of the Apron at Arua Airport Phase II 4,613,676.938 85% Works Complete 5 Perimeter fencing of Tororo Airfield. 800,209.389 75% Works Complete 6 Perimeter fencing of Gulu Airport (Phase II). Fencing of the recently acquired land 544,412.883 30% Works Complete 7 Perimeter fencing of Arua Airport phase 1. 687,928.079 15% Works Complete 8 Airfield Ground Lighting system for Soroti $758,640.5 Contract Signed 9 Construction of landside airside demarcation fence at Soroti Airport 305,316.258 Contractor under mobilization.

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7.4 PHYSICAL PERMORMANCE OF PROJECTS AT UPCOUNTRY AIRPORTS- FY 2018/19

sn Project Title Cost UGX (000) Status / Progress 10 Construction of Fire Truck sheds for the newly acquired fire trucks at Soroti and Kisoro Airport 269,883.936 Contract Signed and Contractor Mobilizing to Commence Works. 11 Improving water storage and toilet facilities at Kidepo and pakuba 90,000 Contract signed. 12 Land Acquisition for the expansion

• f Arua Airport as dictated by the

Master Plan 150,000 Survey Works Ongoing 13 Relocation of Lira Airport to the new site at Anai 3,100,000 Cadastral, topographic and geotechnical surveys ongoing. Designs for Runway, Apron and Terminal facility are being reviewed . 14 Construction of staff quarters at Arua and Moroto Airfield 645,378.0 Procurement of contractor on-going 15 Repairs of the runway at Kisoro Airfield 4,880,000 This amount is insufficient for runway extension and resurfacing. Request for additional funding has been made.

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7.5 CHALLENGES FACED BY UCAA AND MITIGATION MEASURES

• No. Challenge / Constraint

Measure / Strategy to address the issue

1 Limited land for the proposed airport expansion especially for EIA. MoLHUD is yet to issue titles for Plot M121 to CAA (77 Ha of former MAAIF land). The land is still inadequate and the lasting solution is to acquire the whole of plot M121 and the Kigungu Peninsula. Minister of Works and Transport to continue engaging the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to resolve this matter. 2 Big and growing debt accumulated by Government Ministries and Departments and the UN (MONUSCO and UNAMIS). The debt, by end of June 2019, had accumulated to UGX 80.53 Billion. MoWT and UCAA to continue engaging MoFPED on this issue. The Auditor General approved UGX57,443,214,539 as at 30th September 2014 and this is pending clearance by MoFPED. 3 Unfavorable taxation attempts that contravene international conventions, agreements and policies. These include VAT on airport passenger service charge, taxes

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equipment used in search and rescue services, security services, accident investigation and rescue and firefighting services. Minister of Works and Transport to continue engaging Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (URA) on this matter. 4 Insufficient funding for maintenance and development

• f upcountry airports and minimal financial support for

VVIP&VIP operations and airport security Minister of Works and Transport to engage Minister of Finance to increase Government funding for the non-commercial services.

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URC is a corporate organization mandated to construct, operate and maintain railway and marine services both inside and outside Uganda for the carriage of passengers and goods.

8.0 PERFORMANCE OF UGANDA RAILWAYS CORPORATION FY 2018/19

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8.1. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF URC- FY 2018/19

DEPARTMENT Approved Budget (UGX Bn) Budget Spent (UGX Bn) %age spent CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 18.97 11.24 59.3% MECHANICAL ENGINEERNG SERVICES 62.8 2.19 3.5% FINANCE, COMMERCIAL & PROCUREMENT 6.564 6.729 102.5% HUMAN RESOURCE 30.77 11.11 36.1% INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1.6 0.26 16.3% LEGAL DEPARTMENT 4.596 1.07 23.3% TOTAL FUNDS 125.3 32.6 26%

 URC revenue estimates for 2018/19 were UGX 125.3bn of which

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UGX 32.6bn was realized. The revenue was from freight

• perations, assets hire to Kenya

and Tanzania, and from other sources (rent, port fees, etc) Low budget realization was due to low freight volumes hauled than

• riginally

antincipitated. GOU approved subvention was UGX 10.5bn of which only UGX 9.8bn was released.

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8.2 PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF URC

Performance indicator Target FY 2018/19 Achieved FY 2018/19 %age acheived Remarks Net Ton Kilometre 290,537,018 39,312,152 14%

Low performance due to poor track condition, inadequate rolling stock, longer delivery times leading to low customer confidence

Metric Tons 1,157,518 196,789 17% Passengers carried 384,000 529,596 138% City de-congested of 37,828 taxis Number of trains run 1,460 3,031 208%

• Trains speed (Kmph)

35 20 57% Line needs more repairs Wagon turn- around(days) 7 31 443% Low wagon availability affects delivery days Accidents Derailments 1 13 1300% Line needs more repairs Capsizements 1 3 300% Low customer confidence

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8.2 PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF URC PROJECTS

Project Name: Targets Progress by June 2019 Comments

• 1. Rehabilitation and drainage Improvement of the

Railway line at Magamaga, Budumbuli , Nagongera and Namanve 100% 100% Works on Budumbuli, Nagongera and Namanve were completed in Feb- March 2019. Magamaga was delayed by unavailability of the Engineering train

• 2. Supply and Installation of Pre-cast concrete

Railway Reserve Boundary Markers, Phase III 100% 100%

• 3. Renovation of the Kampala Goods shed

Warehouse (Phase I), Port Bell warehouses and associated buildings, and Mombasa house . 100% 100% Portbell- renovated the warehouses,

guard house, toilet block, driveway pavement and fencing works

• 4. Rehabilitation of Tororo Cement Industries (TCI)

siding 100 % 100 %

• 5. Supply of Ballast and Timber sleepers

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Project Name: Progress by June 2019 Comments

• 6. Contract for the fencing works of the

Kampala Goods shed 72.96%

• 7. Construction of Guard shelters

100% 3 No. Guard shelters installed (at CCE Annex, HQ Main gate, Former RVR main gate)

• 8. Procurement of track materials

60%

• Ongoing. Materials partially delivered.

Expected to be complete by 08 July 2018

• 9. Fabrication and installation of level

crossing booms 100% Fabrication and installation of booms at 18

• No. level crossings for 9 locations completed
• n the KLA NMV section as well as Port Bell

line.

• 10. Rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu

Railway Line. Supervision contract awarded. Bids still under evaluation. Verification

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PAPS

• ngoing, Bid evaluation ongoing for the civil

works contract.

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8.3 CHALLENGES FACED BY URC AND MITIGATION MEASURES

Challenge Proposed Remedy / Mitigation Measure a) Lack of track materials for maintenance

• As a temporary measure, some sleepers which were recovered by the

railway police and held by the police as exhibits were re-installed on the line.

• Procurement of 6,000 steel sleepers and fitting is on-going but this number is
• nly 20% of the required (approx. 30,000).

b) Slow procurement process

• Forward planning in light of items with long lead times like sleepers and

fittings.

• Framework

contracts for routine supplies and consumables were considered. c) Vandalism / theft of track materials

• The Corporation started spot-welding of sleeper fittings.
• URC plans to procure 5 new welding generators per the Permanent way

and also beefing up police patrols along the track and facilitate them with motorcycles. d) Encroachment

• Working together with police to demolish all upcoming illegal structures.

e) Low motive power

• Procurement of locomotives
• Leasing of locomotives

CHALLENGES FACED BY URC AND MITIGATION MEASURES - FY 2018/19 cont…

Challenge Proposed Remedy / Mitigation Measure e) Business Partners challenges (KRC & TRC)

• Continued engagements of KRC and TRC to improve their operations and

adherence to the Bilateral and Tri-partite Agreements f) Inadequate / poor state of the Assets

• Continued maintenance of the assets
• Engage GoU for funds for assets overhaul/maintenance or replacement

g) Low funding

• Continue engagements with MoWT, MoFPED and Development Partners/

External Financiers to attract more funding.

• Implementation
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the Strategic Property Management Plan i.e. rehabilitate and develop URC estates and land using private sector funding to supplement URC income. h) Skills & Knowledge gaps

• Some former employees were recalled to train some staff.

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PERFORMANCE OF KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY FY 2018/19 - CITY ROADS 9.0 PERFORMANCE OF KCCA DIRECTORATE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

9.1 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

DIRECTORATE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES BUDGET PERFORMANCE FOR FY 2017/18 (UGX BN)

BUDGET ITEM APPROVED BUDGET RELEASED BUDGET TOTAL EXPENDITURE UNSPENT BALANCES ABSORBTION (%) GOU

121,297,725,239 121,292,292,324 119,750,594,153 1,541,698,171 99%

NTR

1,000,210,712 50,000,000 50,000,000

• 100%

KIIDP2

157,515,619,896 95,840,825,600 60,399,694,328 35,441,131,272 63%

Grand Total 279,813,555,847 217,183,117,924 180,200,288,481 36,982,829,443 83%

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DIRECTORATE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES- FY 2018/19

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 Kampala City comprises 2,110km of roads of which only 616.5km is paved (29.2%).  The total length of City roads completed in FY 2018/19 under GOU funding was 17.5km as given below: Luzige Road (0.3km), Mutebi Road (0.45km), Jakana Road(0.65km), Nsooba Road(0.7km),Kafeero Road(0.8km), Lumasi Road (0.5km), Muganzi Awongera Road (1.6km), Lungujja Road (1.6km), Nakibinge- Bawalakata Road(2.9km), Kimera road(1.4km), Kisosonkole road(1km), Banda Central(0.9km), Robert Mugabe Road(1.8km), Kigoowa Audi road(0.9km).

PERFORMANCE OF KCCA - DIRECTORATE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES- FY 2018/19 continued….  Roads installed with street lights in FY 2017/18-19

No. Specific locations/ Road names FY No.

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Street Lights installed 1 Bombo road, Kampala road, Jinja road, Nile Avenue, Speke road, Entebbe road, Queens way, Mutundwe, Weraga, Wansanso, Bahai, Lugoba roads , Lake Drive, Luthuli, Bandali and Princess Ann drive. 2017/18 1,067 2 Namirembe, Centenary Road, Nalukolongo Road, Bakuli, Nakulabye, and Mengo Hill Road (Under KIIDP 2 Batch 1), KAR Road 2018/19 396

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Progress of Road construction works in KCCA continued….

SN Contract Name Length (Km) Progress at

end June 2019

Remarks

1 Lot-1; Design update and construction

• f roads in the City-; Reconstruction

and/or Upgrading of roads in Central Division.(details in main report) 5.4 Overall progress-89%

All roads completed except Namirembe-Luwum Street

2 Lot-2; Design update and construction

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roads in the City; Reconstruction and/or Upgrading of roads in Lubaga and Kawempe Division 15.55 Overall progress- 86%

Works are substantially completed on all roads except Munaku Road

3 Lot-3; Design update and construction

• f roads in the City; Reconstruction

and/or Upgrading of roads in Makindye division 7.35 Overall progress- 64%

Works completed

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Kevina Road. Nsambya –Katwe, Appas and Juuko Roads on-going

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Progress of Road construction works in Kampala-FY 2018/19

SN Contract Name Length (Km) Progress at

end June 2019

Remarks

4 Lot-4; Design update and construction of roads in the City; Reconstruction and/or Upgrading

• f roads in Nakawa Division

12.15 Overall physical progress is at 96% Works are substantially complete on all roads 5 Lot-5; Extended periodic maintenance

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Kalungu road- 2.5km, Mwedde, lane 1, 2, 3-0.86km and Nsambya-Audi 0.90km in Makindye Division 3.05 Overall physical progress is at 100% Works are complete on all roads (in defects liability period).

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9.3 KEY CHALLENGES FACED IN FY 2018/19

• i. Dilapidated and inadequate road network: Most of the roads need overhaul as they have
• utlived their existence. Also, most roads have limited capacity and were not built for the high

volume traffic, and hence congestion.

• ii. Lack of adequate road reserves: Most roads are unplanned and lack adequate rights of

way for improvement. This makes road improvements very costly as the required geometrical designs cannot be achieved without significant resettlement and acquisition of rights of way.

• iii. Lack of safe NMT facilities: Although most trips are made by pedestrians, there is a lack of

pedestrian facilities on most roads. In many cases pedestrians are forced to share carriageways with vehicles exposing themselves to accidents.

• iv. Lack of an integrated and affordable public transport system: The public transport

system is fragmented and dominated by low capacity minibuses and boda bodas. A mass transit system is needed to serve as the back bone of the transport system in Kampala.

• v. Under Funding: The combined funds available for road construction from Government

allocations and KCCA’s own resources are insufficient to finance needed infrastructure improvements that address the continuous growth of traffic in Kampala. 61   

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62  Performance was generally positive especially for the Road and Air transport Sub- Sectors while Rail and inland water subsectors did not perform as planned due factors already highlighted, including limited funding.  The Sector will continue to explore the use of non-conventional methods of financing infrastructure projects to close the funding gap.  Also, the sector will continue to strengthen partnerships with stakeholders (eg NWSC, MoLHUD, MEMD, MoFPED, UMEME, Development Partners, Academia, Local Government, Civil society, Private sector etc) to come up with innovative ways to deliver transport infrastructure projects at

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Roads Sub-sector Annual Monitoring Findings for the FY 2018/19

Presented at the 15th Annual Joint Transport Sector Review Workshop

by

Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit , MoFPED Outline

• About Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
• FY 2018/19 Budget Highlights
• UNRA Performance Highlights
• URF Performance Highlights
• MoWT Performance Highlights
• Conclusion
• Recommendations

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Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit

The GoU funded unit seeks to improve accountability and efficiency in public expenditure by conducting semi-annual and annual performance assessments of the implementation of selected government programs/projects. Areas of focus: Accountability, Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health, ICT, Industrialization, Microfinance, Roads, Water and Sanitation, and Public Sector Management. The unit assesses the extent to which the budgets, planned

• utputs and targets are executed as they relate to the sector
• bjectives.

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Budget Highlights of FY 2018/19

• Works and Transport Sector including arrears - Ug

shs 4,793.829 billion

• Increased by Ug shs 294.43 billion (6.54%) from the

previous FY 2017/18

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Vote Agency FY 2017/18 (UGX, bn ) FY 2018/19 Budget (UGX, bn ) % of FY 18/19 Budget %age increment 016 MoWT 461.111 874.798 18.25 91.1 113 UNRA 3,589.588 3,130.414 65.30

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118 URF 417.394 542.517 11.32 30 112 KCCA 259.978 223.26 4.66

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Highlights of FY 2018/19 Performance

Generally good release performance and absorption UNRA - Failure to pay service providers and land acquisition on time as the released funds were fully absorbed before the end

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Votes Vote Names Approved Budget (UGX, bn) Release (UGX, bn) Spent (UGX, bn) % Budget released % Release Spent 016 MoWT 874.789 1,016.311 1,014.369 116.2 99.8 113 UNRA 3,130.41 2,275.19 2,119.56 72.7 93.2 118 URF 542.517 541.221 541.221 99.8 100.0 TOTAL 4,547.72 3,832.72 3,675.15 75.7 86.6

UNRA Performance Highlights

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achievements of targets on some projects such as Kampala- Entebbe Expressway (49.56Km), Hoima-Butiaba -Wanseko (111 km) and Hima-Katunguru (58km).

• NRC achieved 519km/600km (87%) of tarmac (Upgrading –

377/400 (94%), Rehabilitation projects – 142/200km (71%), - FY 2018/19 Achieved 376km/600km (63%) of tarmac (Upgrading – 305/400 (76%), Rehabilitation projects – 71/200km (36%), FY 2017/18

• By the end of the FY 2018/19 the total paved national road

network was 4,971km, less 588km (11%) of NDP II target of 5,559km

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UNRA Performance Highlights

• Substantially completed projects by end of FY

2018/19; Olwiyo-Gulu (70km), Mukono-Kyetume- Katosi (74km), Akisim-Moroto (50.3km), Mpigi – Kanoni (65kms), Kashenyi-Mitooma (11.5km), Musiita- Lumino section (78km).

• Slow progress on Kampala Northern bypass Phase 2

(17 km), Masindi Park Junction and Tangi-Para-Bulisa Roads (159 km)-[Critical Oil Roads Package1] and Fort Portal-Hima (55km), Bumbobi-Lwakhakha (44.5km).

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Key observations

• Extension of the pre-financing period for the Critical Oil Roads

from April to July 2019 due to delayed conclusion of the financing agreements.

• Untimely acquisition of RoW on upgrading projects such as

Bumbobi-Lwakhakha, Musita-Lumino/Busia-Majanji, Kampala- Entebbe Expressway, Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko, Buhimba- Nalweyo and Bulamagi-Igayaza-Kakumiro and Tirinyi-Pallisa- Kumi/Pallisa-Kamonkoli, Northern Bypass-Phase 2.

• Delays in payments of contractors’ certificates and consultants

invoices with some IPCs taking more than three months due to exhaustion of the release.

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UNRA Performance Highlights

Key observations

• Improved gender mainstreaming by encouragement of 30%

female staffing on projects.

• Delayed relocation of utilities .
• Vandalism of road signage
• Provision of mobile sanitation facilities.
• Provision of adequate and appropriate PPEs.
• Use of in-house supervision units.

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UNRA Performance Highlights

Improved Areas

• Enforcement of 30% local content though mainly for

earthworks and drainage works which do not offer significant technical and financial growth.

• Emphasis of Occupational Health and Safety.
• Enforcement of environmental safe guards along the project

corridors.

• Issuance of statutory approvals by NEMA and UWA

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URF Performance Highlights

• Budget increased by 30% from the previous FY and had a share
• f 11.2% of the works budget. National Roads - 57.6% and

DUCAR – 39.6%

• Achievement of targets was good at over 80% due to:

Acquisition and utilization of the new Japanese road maintenance equipment from MoWT by LGs which enabled the implementation

• f most of the DUCAR annual planned outputs.

Introduction of frameworks contracts for the routine mechanized maintenance of the national roads.

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National Roads Maintenance Highlights

Improved Areas

• Improved staffing levels at the stations.
• Commencement of framework contracts which

lessened the burden on the force account units.

• Decentralization of procurement to regional level.

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National Roads Maintenance Highlights

Issues affecting performance

• Lack of full sets of road construction equipment units, especially

functional rollers.

• Delays in procurement of the inputs and suppliers for gravel

reducing the scope of works to grading of the roads only.

• Human activities such as farming and brick making along the

roads have affected the excavation of side drains and offshoot drains.

• Heavy rains and lack of water for compaction during the dry

season affected the performance of the contracts in the Karamoja and Teso sub-regions.

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DUCAR Highlights

Key observations

• Over achievement of targets despite low budgets due to the

acquisition of Japanese equipment units.

• Most of the DUCAR network is due for rehabilitation yet

provisions allow for only routine maintenance.

• Understaffing in the Local Governments with a number of staff

positions in the Works Department not filled

• Sharing of district equipment between Municipalities, Town

Councils, Sub-counties and UNRA delaying works.

• Lack of low beds for carrying slow moving equipment such as

the rollers; and excavators to facilitate gravelling activities. Likely to compromise the life of the rollers and wheel loaders.

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DUCAR Highlights

Key observations

• Tremendous

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road management and administration costs due to increased number of DAs and sub- agencies year on year.

• Poor reporting by DAs that is characterized by delays,

inaccuracies, and inconsistencies.

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MoWT Performance Highlights

• Annual approved budget was Ug shs 874.798 billion. Total

release was Ug shs 1,010.154 billion (115.5%) and expenditure was at 98%.

• Achievement of targets was good at approximately 70%.

Attributed to the good release.

• The performance of the selected bridges projects improved

with at least 80% of the targets achieved.

• Improvement in the technical staffing levels of the force

account units which was realized at the end of the FY.

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MoWT Performance Highlights

Key observations

• Force account units were beefed up with reliable equipment

from Japan. However, the available dump trucks do not much the equipment provided.

• Delays in the procurement of suppliers for force account inputs

and service providers where contracts are used.

• Inadequate

funds trickling down to the force account implementing units despite over 80% release of funds for the projects.

• Understaffing

in the force account implementing units especially the operators and drivers of equipment.

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Overall the performance of the sector improved. Progress was made towards the increase in paved national network hence improving connectivity across the country. The maintenance of the road network is however challenged by inadequate funding hence resulting into an increasing backlog.

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Recommendations

• UNRA should prioritize land acquisition for the RoW for

upgrading projects before commencement of construction works.

• All

implementing agencies should provide adequate supervision and monitoring transport for staff.

• Road committees should actively sensitize the communities on

the need to protect the roads.

• The GoU should procure additional equipment for the UNRA

stations and municipalities.

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CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT DURING THE 15th JOINT TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW WORKSHOP, 2019 PRESENTED BY By Eng. Sengendo Lawrence Chairperson CISCOT Introduction Guided by the National Interests and Objectives and Directive Principles

• f State Policy of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 as

amended, as the Civil Society Coalition on Transport (CISCOT), we continue to play our constitutional mandate regarding participation in the formulation of government policy and in the development process of our Country. The Civil Society Coalition on Transport in Uganda (CISCOT) aims to contribute to an efficient, effective and safe transport system. It brings together organizations to harness the potential of Civil Society and to build a strong and collective voice to address the needs and concerns of citizens on transport issues. We appreciate and applaud the Honourable Minister of Works and Transport for enabling Civil Society participate and contribute during the planning and monitoring of Sector activities. Special thanks go to the Sector Working Group team headed by the Permanent Secretary who has facilitated the process of information sharing and participation of the Civil Society.

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We also appreciate the Development Partners for their support to government even when we feel orphaned in their support structure save for ongoing capacity building efforts and statements of possible involvement in upcoming projects. Our appreciation is also extended to all

• ther stakeholders including the Physical Infrastructure Committee,

Parliament and our colleagues from the Private Sector. Whereas we have noted great achievements, there are limitations and challenges against greater delivery of transport and logistics infrastructure and services by government. We observe that we still have room for improvement within the available resource envelop. Therefore, the following issues need urgent review and redress recognizing that we live in a sustainable and human rights based development era. The notion of “leave no one behind” should be realised as we have committed to do under our international obligations on the transport and logistics targets and indicators under the Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, the Paris Agreement/UNFCCC on climate change and the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction and we should be trusted to monitor, evaluate and report on these with the support of the Development Partners. By way of contributing to the Sector’s growth and development, CISCOT has walked the entire spectrum of processes at the MoWT and in all relevant fora for the Sector except in the following areas: i. Procurement, ii. Contract negotiation, iii. The budgeting process, iv. Donor conferences,

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v. Capacity building trainings, vi. Technical evaluation of works, vii. Engaging the design agenda for the soft policy issues like disability, gender responsive infrastructure and services, climate change, livelihoods, valuation and compensation of PAPs and viii. Development of RAPs. CISCOT has made a contribution and our hand is visible in the integration

• f climate change in transport and logistics, in the promotion of Transport

NAMAs under our Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement and the UNFCC. Popularising the NMT policy and strategy, road safety, advocacy and media engagement, community engagements and awareness campaigns, research, collaboration with the professional cadre and academia in the area of transport and logistics. Legal awareness and ADR in resolution of transport transgression including litigation when all options are exhausted. Civil Society congratulates the Ministry and Government on the efforts being made towards preparation of the National Transport and Logistics Policy and Strategy (NTLP&S) especially in the Aviation sector but the following areas in the policy need urgent attention: A comprehensive and well integrated development approach is needed in the implementation of the NTLP&S in areas of inter-ministerial coordination, data capture, analysis and storage, removal of multiple and multi-layered taxation regime, fake spare parts, poorly calibrated weighbridges, non-tariff barriers imposed by our neighbours on transport modes, increased funding to Inland water transport and expediting the River Nile Transport Project, continued policy and legal reform ( Roads

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Bill and the tolling of roads, express way master plans/flyovers policy and plan, Local Content, UCICO Bill, Traffic and Road Safety (amendment) Bill, 2019, Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2018 and promotion of Non-Motorised Transport Policy), domestication of regional and international instruments in addition to those domesticated this year, City road and urban road designs are lacking in vital people aspects including the national networks. The Minimum Wage Bill is still not yet agreed upon and this is leading to abuse and exploitation of the local workers on construction sites. Government and Development Partners should ensure that contracts designed allow for indigenous participation. This should allow for technology transfer and also cater for the increasing number of unemployed professionals. There is evidence by some Agencies trying to effect local participation but it is not yet enough. The Road Safety Policy, 2014 has never been implemented and we are seeing a growing number of accidents claiming lives and disabling bread

• winners. A multi sectoral committee on road carnage was set up by the

Ministry but has not yielded any tangible solutions to road carnage. Multimodal transport planning in the preparation of the second National Transport Master Plan should be enhanced so that projects of mass transport systems are prioritised and popularised for implementation. This should not only address connectivity for the different modes of transport but also for the populations and communities the networks traverse. Projects such as the BRT, LRT, NMT, MGR, SGR should be fast tracked to tap into their benefits to the public and the environment.

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There is also need to emphasise balanced development of the National infrastructure to ensure no one is left behind. Faults are seen right from the City roads were more works are concentrated in one Division. This is also evident on National network development and it should be checked and aligned to the objectives of the draft NTLP&S which emphasises balanced development throughout the Country. Delays in ratification of global policies to allow participation on the international stage and adopting best practices should be avoided. Inconsistent, expensive and delayed land compensation and payments which are highly affecting the different PAPs. There is therefore urgent need for the Transport sector to prioritise issues around sensitisation, education and training of the different stakeholders and the public first to appreciate the benefits the infrastructure being developed will bring and how to benefit from it. Additionally, popularising all the new and old policies, laws and regulations in the Sector can increase support towards government and the Civil Society to carry out their constitutional mandate. Ugandans demand continued talk but more ACTION. “A developed country isn’t a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation” by Gustavo Petro. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY

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STATEMENT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DURING THE 15th JOINT TRANSPORT SECTOR REVIEW WORKSHOP, 2019 PRESENTED BY DUNSTAN BALABA, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TORORO

• 1. Introduction

Under the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, the Constitution provides that ‘the State shall be guided by the Principle of Decentralization and Devolution of Government functions and powers to the people at appropriate levels where they are best managed to direct their own affairs” Art 176(2)(a) of the Constitution states that “the system shall be such as to ensure that functions, powers and responsibilities are devolved to and transferred from CENTRAL GOVERNMENT to Local Governments Units in a coordinated manner” The Local Governments Act cap 243 operationalizes the provisions of the Constitution and specifically Part 2 of schedule 2(4) to the Act stipulates Road Services as a function and service for which District Councils are responsible for, detailing the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of roads not under the responsibility of the Central Government. These are termed as DUCAR Network (District, Urban and Community Access Roads) In view of the above, government has prioritized road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance as a way of creating access to markets for goods/products from the rural areas, and also the movement of people from

• ne part of the Country to another.

The Uganda Road Fund was put in place by an Act of Parliament to provide resources for specifically road maintenance which Local Governments basically do. We appreciate Government for the provision of the road equipment which has gone a long way to enable Local Governments maintain DUCAR network.

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• 2. Interventions undertaken

As Local Governments, we do undertake the following interventions on

• ur road network, depending on the source of funding:
• a. Road construction-

New roads are opened up in our LGs basically with funding from particular projects like CAIIP, PRDP, Prelinor etc.

• b. Roads rehabilitation

Over a period of time, most roads had degenerated and even became impassable. Local Governments have been prioritizing this rehabilitation especially under PRDP (now DDEG)

• c. Roads maintenance

This is categorized as below in accordance with the type of intervention to be undertaken: i. Routine manual maintenance. This is the use of road gangs to maintain roads on a daily basis using basic tools like hoes, spades, slashers and wheel barrows ii. Routine mechanized maintenance. This is done using

• ur road equipment provided by government and

maintaining roads which usually involves bush clearing, shaping and ensuring that the drainage system and channels are put in place on the roads iii. Periodic Maintenance. This involves use of the road equipment and ensuring that on top of bush clearing and shaping, particular sections or the whole length is covered with gravel. These are roads worked on but could have deteriorated after two or more years and need major maintenance iv. Emergency Maintenance. This is when a sudden

• ccurrence like heavy rains washes away a road and

needs urgent action. In most cases, funding for this may not be in the budget. Either we request for emergency funding from Uganda Road Fund or through reviewing the work plan and change it after approval by the District Roads Committee.

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• 3. Achievements.

During the year under review, as Local Governments, we have been able to register the following:

• a. The DUCAR network has remained in a fair to good condition
• b. Projects under USMID funding were completed and commissioned

by H.E the President of the Republic of Uganda

• c. The road equipment was maintained to operational level with minor

breakdowns

• d. Shared our equipment with UNRA and Ministry of Works and

Transport to maintain national roads

• e. With support from the Ministry of Works and Transport, some Local

Governments benefitted from the Low Cost Sealing Project

• f. UNRA has been able to upgrade some roads in a number of Urban

Authorities to tarmac

• 4. Challenges

We encountered the following challenges during the year:

• a. The creation of more administrative units like Town Councils and

sub counties without accompanying funding for road maintenance leaves a gap in service delivery in those areas

• b. Heavy rains in some parts of the Country left many roads washed

away/made impassable, yet there was limited budget for emergency funding

• c. Staffing levels still remain low at 50% substantively appointed

District Engineers

• d. Funding to Local Governments is inadequate to support the full

utilization of the supplied road equipment. And now, instead of increasing the amount, we have seen a drastic reduction in the funds for road maintenance by over 25% this Financial Year 2019/20.

• e. Local Governments with many Lower Local Governments (LLGs)

including Municipal Councils find a challenge of allocating the usage

• f road equipment to all the units.
• f. There has been little linkage between the Oil and Gas roads with

the DUCAR network

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• g. No supervision vehicles to be used by the District Engineers. The

JMC trucks supplied earlier have now worn out and this impacting

• n effective supervision of road works.
• 5. Way Forward
• a. When new administrative units are created as a way of taking

services nearer to the people, corresponding funding be identified for road maintenance in these LLGs

• b. Increase the budget for emergency funding since the trend seems

to be regular and yet you cannot predict with certainty

• c. We need to follow up the engagement we had with the District

Engineers and the UIPE on the registration of Engineers

• d. Funding to Local Governments be enhanced for road maintenance

as the dividends are great especially when it comes to supporting famers to improve their household incomes

• e. The Ministry of Works should ensure that Local Governments are

aware of the funding for rehabilitation of roads for proper planning purposes and execution

• f. Urban Authorities be given a consideration to have road equipment

that can support tarmacking of roads

• g. A proper linkage be put in place between the National Oil and Gas

roads with the DUCAR network

• h. Consideration be made to provide supervision vehicles to the

District Engineers

• i. There is need to enhance collaboration and coordination between

the Local Governments and the Ministry to improve standards, ethics and policy direction. Thank you for Listening

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