NTUNGAMO – Rubaare town council authorities have embarked on tarmacking Rubaare central road that is stretching from off Mbarara-Kabaare high way near Leisure village hotel and bar crossing the centre of Rubaare town council again down to the main high way Mbarara Kabale opposite Tangaza hardware.
While addressing the Rubaare Towon council residents on a community based radio station in Rubaare on 23rd August 2024 in the evening, the town council engineer Mr. Moses Twiine accompanied by the town clerk confirmed that a 1.116kilometres road is now in construction is going to cost 900million Uganda shillings.
Mr Twiine said that works to be done on the road include; bush clearing, grading, excavation to level, gravelling, priming, road sealing, chippings and drainage improving and among others .
Engineer Twine said some of the materials are already procured and are parked at the Town council headquarters, they include; Stone dusts, aggregates, culverts and among others.
The funds are from the Uganda road funds through Ntungamo district local government and they so far received 450millon shillings from the release of two financial years, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
Mr Emmanuel Byamukama, the town clerk Rubaare town council called on the road users to embrace the government projects like roads and others intended to bolster development in their locality, adding that road networks help in linking their produces to the final consumers and leading markets. He also asked them not to be a stumbling block to the development in their area.
The mayor Rubaare town council Mr Benson Kansiime, challenged the the Town council dwellers to borrow a leaf of development from other town councils and follow the suit. He also appealed to them to stop critics to the authorities over the demolished temporary structures during road grading.
Story by: Amon Muhumuza
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