What do you think the government should do to improve the quality of road work in Uganda?

BACKGROUND

The Uganda Road Fund Act was established by parliament in 2008 to finance the routine maintenance of public roads, facilitate delivery of road maintenance services and other related matters. However, weaknesses were observed in the supervision and monitoring of works contracted by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). There are many projects going on at the same time, which UNRA has difficulty monitoring. UNRA staff nationwide are stretched with increased workload due to increased network length and increased budgets. In addition, the UNRA stations have few engineers and technicians who are not able to supervise many road projects at the same time.

Another problem is corruption, with kickbacks and theft affecting the quality of roads. In June 2010, when the government’s chief civil engineer, Samson Bagonza, was jailed for graft, the presiding judge, Justice Katutsi, expressed a belief that the vice of corruption is practiced further up as well.

Question

What do you think the government should do to improve the quality of road work in Uganda?

A. Recruit more engineers into UNRA

B. Install firm financial controls to regulate abuse of finances

C. Enhance supervision on particular road projects

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