Project details
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Project Detail |
Information |
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Project Title |
Package 4: Upgrading of Musita-Lumino-Busia-Majanji Road (104km) |
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Project Funding |
Government of Uganda (GoU): 100% |
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Implementing Agency |
Uganda National Road Authority. |
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Main Contractor |
China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co Ltd. |
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Engineer |
M/s. Consulting Engineering Centre, Jordan in Joint Venture with MBW Consulting Ltd, Uganda Venture |
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Works Contract Award Date |
13th June 2014 |
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Original Commencement Date |
15 September 2014 |
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Supervision Commencement Date |
27 January 2015 |
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Original Contract Price |
Original: UGX 206,784,423,053 |
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Revised Contract Amount |
UGX.208,983,285,921 (Yet to be approved) |
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Original Contract Duration |
Original: 1096 days (36 months) |
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Original Completion date |
17th September 2017 |
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Contract termination date |
12th June 2017 |
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Revised completion date |
18th October 2019 |
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Time progress |
19.5 months (88.32%) |
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Financial Progress |
80.24% |
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Physical Progress |
99% against 95% Planned |
The Musita-Lumino-Busia-Majanji road is a gravel and earth road situated in the eastern part of Uganda. It traverses the Districts of Mayuge, Bugweri (previously Iganga), Bugiri, Namayingo and Busia. It is an alternative route connecting Musita Trading Centre on Jinja-Iganga highway to Busia town on the Uganda-Kenya border through Mayuge District. It is a short cut from Busia border town to Jinja through Namayingo-Nankoma and Musita town. The road serves as a link to a number of landing sites like Majanji, Lugala, Lufudu, Omenya, Wakawaka and Kigandala. It is an easier link to Dorwe, Hama and Sigulu islands.
Scope of works
The works being carried out comprise the Upgrading to a Class II Bitumen Standard of approximately 104 Km of the existing gravel road and approx. 20 Km of town roads. The completed road will have 7.0 m carriageway width flanked by 2.0m or 1.5 m double surface -dressed shoulders. The works include earthworks for widening, improvements to alignment geometry and side ditches, reconstruction of shoulders with natural material, construction of cement stabilized sub base, a base course with crushed stone material and double surface dressing and ancillary works.
The road is comprised of 300mm thick stabilized sub base, 200mm thick CRS base and a double surface dressing with lined drainage channels in urban areas. The road carriageway and shoulder width is 10m in rural areas.
Project progress
99.00% against 95.00% planned i.e. 13.64% at termination (June 2017), plus 3.84% works done before termination but approved after termination plus 81.52 % for the period from January 2018 and up to and including July 2019. The actual monthly progress in the month of July 2019 is estimated at 3.02% against a plan of 3.97% with a monthly slippage/gain of -0.95%.