Kashenyi–Mitooma Road

The Kashenyi–Mitooma Road is a road in the Western Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Kashenyi in Bushenyi District with the town of Mitooma in Mitooma District. The road measures approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), from end to end.[1]

Kashenyi–Mitooma Road
Route information
Length7.7 mi (12.4 km)
HistoryDesignated in 2017
Completed in 2019
Major junctions
East endKashenyi
West endMitooma
Highway system
Roads in Uganda

Location

The road starts at Kashenyi, about 4.5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Ishaka, on the road to Kagamba, along the Ishaka–Kagamba Road.[2] The coordinates of the road, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) out of Mitooma Town are 0°36'47.0"S 30°04'59.0"E (Latitude:-0.613056; Longitude:30.083056).[3]

Upgrading to bitumen

In 2017, the government of Uganda, hired Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO), at a contract price of USh49.199 billion (about US$13.5 million) to upgrade the road from gravel surface to class II bitumen surface and the building of bridges and drainage channels. The contract price included tarmacking of the access road to Katabi Seminary in Bushenyi District, measuring 0.8 kilometers, bringing the total length of the contract project to 12.32 kilometres (7.66 mi).[4][5]

Overview

The tarmacked road is expected to ease transport within the districts of Bushenyi, Mitooma, Rubirizi and Sheema, collectively referred to as Greater Bushenyi. The area is heavily involved in agriculture, both on a subsistence level and increasingly on a commercial level. Agriculture employs nearly 87 percent of the population of the aforementioned districts.[5]

Crops grown in the area on a commercial basis include tea, coffee, matooke, bananas. In addition hybrid cattle are raised in the area for both milk and meat production.[5]

Timeline

Work on the road project started on 31 January 2017. Completion was achieved on 16 January 2019. The one year Defects Liability Period ended in January 2020 and the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) issued a completion certificate to the contractor.[5]

See also

References
  1. Google (12 December 2020). "Road Distance Between Kashenyi Village, Bushenyi District, Uganda And Mitooma Town, Mitooma District, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. Google (12 December 2020). "Road Distance Between Kashenyi Village And Ishaka Town" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. Google (12 December 2020). "Location of Kashenyi–Mitooma Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. Conan Businge (8 December 2020). "Museveni to commission Kashenyi-Mitooma-Katabi road". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. Daily Monitor (8 December 2020). "Museveni commissions gateway road to diary-rich Greater Bushenyi". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

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