The Leader of Opposition (LoP), Mathias Mpuuga welcomed the plan by government to construct the Masaka-Mutukula Road.
Mpuuga said that the road had become a ‘monument of shame for Uganda’ and asked government not to repeat the mistake of abandoning any road in Uganda like it did on this particular road.
He also called for regional balance when it comes to distribution of infrastructure projects.
Mpuuga wonders why western Uganda got oil roads, yet other coffee growing areas did not receive coffee roads despite supporting Uganda in terms of revenue for a longer time, than oil has done.
“The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Works need to harmonize balancing, while we are going to work on that international high way, the hinterland feeding into that highway is terrible. I admire colleagues coming from oil districts, they got oil roads, for us the coffee farmers have never got coffee roads despite supporting this country for generations,” said Mpuuga.
