Senior Reporter
Rushenyi County Member of Parliament Ms. Naome Kabasharira has asked for Ntungamo district to be split into three districts if the government can’t fund road rehabilitation as its doing in other smaller districts.
Speaking at the sidelines of a community service where she sponsored the construction of a local bridge linking her constituency to Rukungiri district on Tuesday, the vice chairperson of the presidential affairs committee in parliament said with government funding districts based on political boundaries, Ntungamo is not getting a share it should get especially in roads which is a disaster.
She said Ntungamo has over 2000 kilometers for road network with districts with less than 100 kilometers getting the same amount of money to work on their roads from the road fund. The district received UShs 10M for the first quarter to work on the 2730 km of roads this year which Ms Kabasharira says is nothing.
The bridge constructed links Kyafoora parish through the Ruboroga River. Residents had been using logs as a temporary bridge.
The Rugarama North Chairperson Ivan Rwanyakibare noted that the road is very important, especially in the transportation of produce and linking schools with many of the children in the area studying from Rukungiri district.
The village Chairman Kitunda village where the culvert bridge was constructed said with many people not affording school fees for their children having a road is key as they can access markets and at least have some money to provide for their families.
Residents said they were happy to have their leaders engaged in community work since this is the only available remedy to the deteriorating road network.
