Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit

Roads Sub-Sector
The overall roads sub-sector physical performance was estimated at 66.5% of the annual targets representing fair performance. This was attributed to a budget shortfall of about 25%.
The National Roads Construction/Rehabilitation Programme under the Uganda National road Authority (UNRA) exhibited good performance at 76.2%. Substantially completed roads and those on schedule included: Atiak-Nimule; Packwach-Nebbi; Ishaka-Kagamba; Mukono-Kalagi-Kayunga and Bukoloto-Njeru roads. However many roads were behind schedule including: Acholibur–Kitgum–Musingo; Gulu-Acholibur; Iganga-Kaliro; Kanoni-Sembabule-Villa Maria; Mpigi–Kanoni; Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga; Musita-Lumino-Majanji; Nebbi-Pakwach, and Olwiyo/(Anak)-Gulu road.
The National Roads Maintenance Programme funded by Uganda Road Fund (URF) but implemented by UNRA Stations had a fair performance at 50%. All the UNRA stations did not achieve their targets, which was mainly attributed to the restructuring programme at UNRA, and reallocation of Force Account funds for payment of IPCs at UNRA headquarters. Fair performance was noted under Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) whose overall performance was at 62%.
The BMAU findings were presented by Mr. Francis Mulolo during the 12th Joint Transport Sector Review, held at Hotel Africana from 1st-2nd September, 2016 under the theme, “Road Safety: A Critical Element for an Efficient Road Network”. Mr. Benon M. Kajuna, Director of Transport in MoWT chaired the session where the findings were shared.

The Semi- Annual Monitoring Report FY2015/16 is out. Contact BMAU at [email protected] for a copy