DRC delaying works on Nteko-Buhoma road, says ministry
Monday March 15 2021
Summary
Deadline. Gen Katumba Wamala said dialogue meetings on the project should end by June so that construction begins the following month. He also said plans are underway to expand the air strips in Kasese, Kisoro and Kidepo to accommodate tourist planes flying directly from Kenya.
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Part of the road will be constructed on the border of the two countries.
“We have all the funds required to construct this road but our counterparts in the DR Congo are not available to participate in the smooth implementation of this project. [We have] to avoid encroaching on the international boundary, [so we need their input],” Gen Katumba told a project stakeholders’ meeting in Kisoro District last Friday.