Minister Irked by Incomplete Road Projects in Sironko

The state Minister for Economic Monitoring, Hon Beatrice Akello, has directed the State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate the district engineering department of Sironko after she found out that six roads supposed to have been constructed in the last financial year 2023/2024 have never been worked on yet government released the funds for the construction of the said roads.

The Minister revealed that all the road are in a terrible state and  have been abandoned. She refuted the allegations by the district engineer Andrew Wasukira that the delays were due to heavy rains for over a year that have hampered the construction works.

The Minister also visited the micro irrigation scheme in Mutufu town council which is not yet complete, she also inspected the Buhugu milk cooler that has not been operating for long blaming those who designed the project that they did not consult and the community is now demanding for a maize mill because they have no cows to sustain supply the milk cooler.

The Minister later visited the Buweri administrative house that has stalled at foundation level for over 3 years at the cost of 17 million.

She further directed the State Anti-corruption Unit to investigate all the projects that are incomplete.

She revealed that the they have got information that the Wendi agents are conniving with the SACO leaders to solicit bribes from beneficiaries of PDM and Emyooga hence that they should be brought to book.

Dennis Ephraim Balwanireghe RDC Sironko blamed the civil servants for the shoddy in the district arguing that government sends a lot of money at the district but the projects especially roads are not constructed on time leaving them impassable.

Herbert Musika councilor Nalusla sub county revealed that most of the roads are in a sorry state and most of the projects where government has pumped money have stalled because most civil servants have no will to work.

The minister is in the region to inspect on going government projects