Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA)

Cabinet to scrap UNRA , NMS in merger of government agencies

Cabinet to scrap UNRA , NMS in merger of government agencies

 Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and National Medical Stores are to be scrapped off and merged with other mother ministries to reduce wastage of resources. The decision was taken in two meetings with the first held on August 20 and the last one on Monday last week according to a source. The source said President […]

URA defends payout to civil servants as MPs call for a probe.

URA defends payout to civil servants as MPs call for a probe.

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has come out to defend the reward of over $1.6m (about 6 billion Uganda shillings) to civil servants who participated in a Uganda government legal battle with a UK-based Heritage Oil Company. In a press statement released on Thursday, Sarah Birungi Banage, the Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs with […]

MPs order UNRA to rein on staff who wrongly approved 65 billion to a construction firm

The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has ordered the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to give the committee names of all the Authority staff who initiated and approved the unjustified payment during the reconstruction of Mbarara-Ntungamo-Kabale –Katuna road a project that cost 65 billion shillings. The committee while meeting the […]

MPs accuse former UNRA directors of forging contract documents.

MPs accuse former UNRA directors of forging contract documents.

The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (CCOSASE) recently pinned the former Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) directors for forging contract documents in the awarding of a 138 billion shillings contract. According to the auditor general’s report of 2013/14 there was variation on the dates of signing and awarding contracts meant for […]

MPs warn UNRA on the use of uninsured vessels operating on water bodies.

MPs warn UNRA on the use of uninsured vessels operating on water bodies.

Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have directed the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to stop authorizing vessels operating on waters without being insured. The directive was given following a discovery by the legislators that UNRA commissioned the operation of Kyoga one ferry on Zengebe –Namasare between […]