By John Thawite
The firm contracted to rehabilitate the dilapidated Mubuku Irrigation
Scheme in Kasese district, has come under fire for lagging behind
schedule.
COIL Engineering was contracted last year to rehabilitate the
2,000-hectare ailing scheme at a sh19b. The monies were a loan which the
Government had secured from the African Development Bank, (AfDB).
The works, which started in September, last year, were scheduled to be completed this month.
According to the project document, works include water training, water
diversions, construction of dams and water canals (15km), drainage,
roads, construction of culverts and foot bridges, a cattle trough and
ramp, water dropping points, off takes, pipeline, and grading farmland.
But while touring the scheme last Friday, a team of AfDB and government
officials were treated to a rude shock to learn that up to 40% of the
works were still incomplete.
This led to the Project manager, Tsegay Teklemariam and the firm’s consultant, Frank Kiwanuka to be questioned.
The monitoring team included the AfDB task manager, Sebastian Okeke, the
director in charge of President Museveni’s manifesto, Fred Kamugira and
the water and environment ministry’s water management and irrigation
expert, Dr. Gamal Elkassar.
In his defence, Kiwanuka unconvincingly attributed the delay on rains.
Accessed from:http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/635686-mubuku-contractor-questioned.html
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