The Vice President, Maj (Rtd) Jessica Alupo, has warned the public against vandalizing the government road infrastructure projects especially when the projects are ready for use.
She made these remarks yesterday as she commissioned the second phase of the Kampala Northern bypass road, a major highway part of the northern corridor route that links Uganda, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan to the port of Mombasa.
Ms Alupo said that the European Union had earlier informed her about the vandalism of the road infrastructure and therefore requested local leaders to join hands and sensitize communities about negative uses of the road infrastructure especially the completed projects.
The Vice President also commended the European Union for supporting Uganda’s road infrastructure and said that, the government of Uganda thanks the European Union for providing the financial support towards the development of the critical infrastructure aimed at accelerating the social economic transformation of Uganda and the East African region at large.
The European Union ambassador H.E Attillio Pacifici said had supported Uganda’s transport sector with grants amounting to approximately EUR 800 million (about Shs3 trillion) over the last 35 years.
The second phase of Kampala Northern bypass road project commenced in July 2014 and was financed through a EUR 40 million grant from the European Union and EUR 7.2 million concessional loan from the European Investment Bank along with government of Uganda funding to the tune of EUR 124.7 million.
