{{Short description|Ugandan government agency}} {{Redirect-distinguish|UNRA|United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Uganda National Roads Authority | nativename = UNRA | logo = | logo_width = 160px | logo_caption = | seal = | seal_width = 140px | seal_caption = | formed = 2008 | dissolved = 2024 | superseding1 = Ministry of Works and Transport | jurisdiction = Uganda | headquarters = 3-5 New Port Bell Road<br/>UAP Nakawa Business Park<br/>Nakawa, Kampala | employees = 950 (2016) (Capacity:1,400)<ref>{{cite web | last=Wesonga | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UNRA-wants-450-employees--Allen-Kagina/688334-3392074-ky4ftjz/index.html | title=UNRA wants more 450 employees | access-date=24 September 2016 | date=23 September 2016 | first= Nelson | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}}</ref> | budget = UGX:2.3 trillion<br>2015/16 financial year<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.observer.ug/business/38-business/37216-budget-govt-will-not-take-on-new-road-projects | title=Budget: gvt will not take on new road projects | first=Alon | last=Mwesigwa | access-date=1 July 2015 | date=8 April 2015 | newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | archive-date=13 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713193347/http://www.observer.ug/business/38-business/37216-budget-govt-will-not-take-on-new-road-projects | url-status=dead }}</ref> | minister1_name = Gen Edward Katumba Wamala | chief1_name = Allen Kagina<ref>{{cite web | first=David | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/667523-kagina-is-new-executive-director-of-unra.html | title=Kagina is new executive director of UNRA | access-date=27 April 2015 | date=27 April 2015 | last=Lumu | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}}</ref> | chief1_position = <br/>Executive director | parent_agency = Uganda Ministry of Transport And Works | website = {{URL|www.unra.go.ug/}} | footnotes = }}
The '''Uganda National Roads Authority''' (UNRA) was a government agency mandated to develop and maintain the national roads network, advise the government on general roads policy, contribute to the addressing of national transport concerns, and perform certain other functions.<ref name="Comment">{{cite web | access-date=1 July 2015 | newspaper=New Vision | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/657625-uganda-connected-border-to-border-by-tarmac.html | title=Uganda connected border-to-border by tarmac | date=16 July 2014 | last=Rwanyekiro | location=Kampala | first=Isaiah}}</ref> UNRA is charged with, among other things, the selection of contractors, the supervision of construction, the scheduling of maintenance, and the prioritization of national road works.<ref>{{cite web | date=6 July 2015 | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=53&limitstart=1 | title=About UNRA: Road Network | access-date=6 July 2015 | last=UNRA | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) | archive-date=6 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706182007/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=53&limitstart=1 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Headquarters== The headquarters of UNRA were located in the UAP Nakawa Business Park, at 3-5 New Port Bell Road, in the Nakawa Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=30 October 2017 | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/en/connect | title=Uganda National Roads Authority: Contact Us | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) | date=30 October 2017 | location=Kampala | archive-date=10 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210150006/https://www.unra.go.ug/en/connect | url-status=dead }}</ref> The geographical coordinates of UNRA's headquarters are:0°19'40.0"N, 32°36'46.0"E (Longitude:0.327778; Latitude:32.612778).<ref>{{google maps| access-date=30 October 2017 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B019'40.0%22N+32%C2%B036'46.0%22E/@0.32773,32.611994,223m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.3277778!4d32.6127778 |title=Location of the headquarters of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA)}}</ref>
==Overview== UNRA was established in 2006 by parliamentary enactment of the Uganda National Roads Authority Act.<ref name="Comment"/> UNRA became fully operational on 1 July 2008.<ref name="Comment"/> UNRA closed on 23 December 2024 after president museveni signed the Repeal Bill on the 20 November
UNRA is governed by a nine-member board of directors, chaired by Angela Kanyima Kiryabwire. The first chairman of the board of directors was Mr. Chris Kassami who spearheaded the process of setting up the original UNRA management structures. The pioneer executive director was Eng. Peter Ssebanakitta who was appointed to the post on 1 November 2007 and set upon working with the Board to recruit staff into the UNRA structures. UNRA became operational on 1 July 2008 with about 80% of the established posts filled. Eng. Ssebanakitta served as executive director up to 3 March 2013 when he resigned for personal reasons. He was succeeded in acting capacity by Engineer Ssebbugga Kimeze who was subsequently replaced by Eng. James Okiror when he was suspended following the botched procurement of a contractor for the Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road. The current executive director is Allen Kagina who replaced Engineer Okiror in May 2014.<ref>{{cite web | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | access-date=27 April 2015 | first=Nelson | last=Bwire | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Allen-Kagina-appointed-UNRA-Executive-Director/-/688334/2698930/-/wd7k8qz/-/index.html | title=Allen Kagina to head UNRA | date=27 April 2015}}</ref> She replaced acting executive director James Okiror.<ref>{{cite web| last=Paul Tajuba | location=Kampala | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Board-suspends-UNRA-managers/-/688334/2434758/-/gepbd3z/-/index.html | title=Board suspends UNRA managers | first=and Frederic Musisi | access-date=30 October 2017| date=30 August 2014}}</ref>
==Completed projects== thumb|Kikoni road in Uganda thumb|Park road under construction During the first five years of the agency, the road network increased from {{convert|10800|km|mi}} to {{convert|21000| km|mi}}.<ref name="Undertakes"/>
According to a published report in July 2015, {{convert|4000|km|mi}} (19 percent) of the {{convert|21000|km|mi}} national road network was paved.<ref name="Donors">{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/670414-unra-reviews-contractors-donors-warn-against-personalities.html | date=30 June 2015 | title=UNRA reviews contractors, donors warn against personalities | access-date=1 July 2015 | newspaper=New Vision | last=Bwambale | first=Taddeo}}</ref> A total of {{convert|1500|km|mi}} of roads were improved from gravel to bituminous surface between 2005 and 2010.<ref name="Rec">{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/742410 | title=1,500km of roads tarmacked in past five years | access-date=28 June 2015 | date=30 December 2015 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}}</ref> A total of {{convert|5000|km|0}} of roads are earmarked for tarmacking before December 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ea-agribusiness.co.ug/unra-paves-1200km-roads-5000km-for-tarmacking-by-2016 | title=UNRA paves 1200km roads; 5,000km for tarmacking by 2016 | access-date=16 July 2015 | date=1 January 2015 | last=EAAB | publisher=East Africa Agribusiness (EAAB) | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712134336/http://ea-agribusiness.co.ug/unra-paves-1200km-roads-5000km-for-tarmacking-by-2016/ | archive-date=12 July 2015 }}</ref>
Some of the roads that have been completed since 2008 include: * Kabale–Kisoro–Bunagana Road (completed in 2012)<ref name="Undertakes">{{cite web | access-date=19 June 2014 | title=UNRA Undertakes Road Development Project In Uganda | date=11 September 2013 | url=http://www.africanreview.com/construction-a-mining/roads/unra-undertakes-road-development-project-in-uganda | first=Geoffrey | last=Muleme| publisher=AfricanReview.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/636068-kabale-kisoro-road-upgraded.html | title=Kabale-Kisoro road upgraded | access-date=28 June 2015 | date=7 October 2012 | first=Samuel | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala | last=Balagadde}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255:kabale-kisoro-bunagana-road-100km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | title=KABALE-KISORO-BUNAGANA ROAD (100KM) | access-date=1 July 2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | last=UNRA | date=2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034857/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255%3Akabale-kisoro-bunagana-road-100km&catid=45%3Acompleted-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Fort Portal–Bundibugyo–Lamia Road (completed in March 2014)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355:fort-portal--bundibugyo-lamia-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | date=1 July 2015 | access-date=1 July 2015 | title=Fort Portal – Bundibugyo-Lamia (Funded by AfDB/GOU) | last=UNRA | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | archive-date=10 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210145047/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355:fort-portal--bundibugyo-lamia-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Gayaza-Ziroobwe Road<ref name="Undertakes"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=257:kampala-gayaza-zirobwe-44km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | access-date=1 July 2015 | title=Kampala-Gayaza-Zirobwe (44Km) | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | last=UNRA | date=2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040729/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=257:kampala-gayaza-zirobwe-44km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Matugga-Kapeeka Road<ref name="Undertakes"/> * Soroti–Dokolo–Lira Road (completed in 2010)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:soroti-dokolo--lira-road-123km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | title=Soroti-Dokolo – Lira Road (123km) | last=UNRA | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033002/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:soroti-dokolo--lira-road-123km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Jinja–Bugiri Road (completed in 2010)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103:jinja-bugiri-road-73km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | title=Jinja-Bugiri Road (72KM) | last=UNRA | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213026/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103:jinja-bugiri-road-73km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/839488/-/wgt2qt/-/index.html | title=Jinja-Bugiri road opens after five years of waiting | last=Solomon Muyita | first=and Fredrick Sooma | access-date=28 June 2015 | date=11 January 2010 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230235/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/839488/-/wgt2qt/-/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Kampala–Mityana Road (completed in July 2012)<ref>{{cite web | title=Busega-Mityana road (57Km) | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:kampala-mityana-road-57km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | last=UNRA | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025312/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:kampala-mityana-road-57km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Masaka–Mbarara Road<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259:masaka-mbarara-road-1542km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | title=Masaka-Mbarara road (154.2km) | last=UNRA | access-date=1 July 2015 | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | archive-date=10 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210150452/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259:masaka-mbarara-road-1542km&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Lira–Kamdini–Karuma Road (completed in August 2011)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=434:lira--kamdini-karuma&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | title=Lira – Kamdini - Karuma | last=UNRA | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025205/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=434:lira--kamdini-karuma&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Kazo–Ibanda–Kamwenge Road (completed in March 2014)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=354:kazo--kamwenge-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | title=Kazo – Kamwenge (Funded by AfDB/GOU) | last=UNRA | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034335/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=354:kazo--kamwenge-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=271:kazo-kamwenge-road-75km&catid=43:on-going-projects&Itemid=66 | title=Kazo-Kamwenge Road (75km) | last=UNRA | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Nyakahita–Kazo Road (completed in February 2014)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=353:nyakahita-kazo-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | title=Nyakahita-Kazo (Funded by AfDB/GOU) | last=UNRA | date=2015 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042742/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=353:nyakahita-kazo-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Ongoing construction projects== As of October 2017, the following major construction projects under UNRA's supervision were ongoing.
* Gulu–Atiak–Nimule Road<ref name="Ongoing">{{cite web | title=ongoing major projects | last=UNRA | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=474&Itemid=66 | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040849/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=474&Itemid=66 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher=Uganda Radio Network | url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=34126 | title=UNRA gets US $100 Million for Gulu-Nimule road | first=Francis | last=Apiliga | access-date=28 June 2015 | date=1 June 2011}}</ref> * Tororo–Mbale–Soroti Road<ref name="Ongoing"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633376-delayed-tororo-mbale-soroti-road-to-cost-more-money.html | title=Delayed Tororo-Mbale-Soroti road to cost more money | date=25 July 2012 | access-date=21 June 2014 | newspaper=New Vision | first=Henry | last=Sekanjako | location=Kampala}}</ref> * Vurra–Arua–Koboko–Oraba Road<ref name="Ongoing"/><ref name="AG">{{cite web | access-date=28 June 2015 | url=http://ea-agribusiness.co.ug/infrastructure-development-boosting-the-agricultural-sector | date=5 June 2014 | title=INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BOOSTING THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR | last=EAAB | publisher=East Africa Agribusiness (EAAB) | archive-date=30 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630162515/http://ea-agribusiness.co.ug/infrastructure-development-boosting-the-agricultural-sector/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Mbarara Northern Bypass Road<ref name="Ongoing"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://chimpreports.com/mbarara-bypass-construction-underway | title=Mbarara Bypass Construction Underway | access-date=28 June 2015 | date=1 March 2015 | first=Joshua | last=Nahamya | publisher=Chimpreports.com}}</ref> * Kampala Northern Bypass Highway<ref name="Ongoing"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/655520-portuguese-firm-awarded-sh200b-northern-bypass-contract.html | title=Portuguese firm awarded sh200b Northern Bypass contract | access-date=28 June 2015 | date=13 May 2014 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala | last=Anguyo | first=Innocent}}</ref> * Mbarara–Ntungamo–Kabale–Katuna Road<ref name="Ongoing"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=628126&CatID=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630215548/http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=628126&CatID=1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2015-06-30 | title=Corruption cited in Mbarara-Katuna road reconstruction | newspaper=New Vision Mobile | location=Kampala | first=Josephine | last=Maseruka | access-date=28 June 2015 | date=2013}}</ref> * Entebbe-Kampala Expressway<ref name="Ongoing"/><ref>{{cite web | title=UNRA to Compensate People Affected by Entebbe Expressway Next month | url=http://www.ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=60613 | first=Tom | last=Malaba | date=30 January 2014 | access-date=19 June 2014 | publisher=Uganda Radio Network (URN)}}</ref> * New Jinja Bridge<ref name="AG"/><ref>{{cite web | last=UNRA | date=2015 | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=475&Itemid=208 | title=Major Bridges under construction | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213031/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=475&Itemid=208 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road<ref name="Ongoing"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/News/UNRA-gives-new-Katosi-deal-to-SBI/-/2466686/2589456/-/format/xhtml/-/hv3ll2z/-/index.html | title=UNRA gives new Katosi deal to SBI | first=Ephraim | last=Kasozi | date=15 January 2015 | access-date=28 June 2015 | newspaper=Daily Monitor Mobile | location=Kampala}}</ref> * Hoima–Kaiso–Tonya Road<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/762428 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816235302/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/762428 | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 August 2011 | first=Reporter | date=11 August 2011 | last=Vision | title=Hoima-Kaiso Tonya road works start | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala | access-date=20 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Hoima-Tonya-road-to-be-ready-by-July/-/688322/2295028/-/twfnel/-/index.html | last=Otage | title=Hoima-Tonya road to be ready by July | access-date=20 June 2014 | date=28 April 2014 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | first=Stephen}}</ref> * Hoima–Butiaba–Wanseko Road<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt-needs-more-money-for-Bunyoro/-/688334/2305990/-/lqnkypz/-/index.html | title=Works ministry needs Shs130 billion for road projects in Bunyoro | first=Solomon | date=7 May 2014 | access-date=20 June 2014 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | last=Arinaitwe | archive-date=8 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508200217/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt-needs-more-money-for-Bunyoro/-/688334/2305990/-/lqnkypz/-/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Kampala–Mpigi Expressway<ref>{{cite web| access-date=30 October 2017 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kampala-Mpigi-Expressway--project-kicks-2018/688334-3501922-c8okog/index.html | date=30 December 2016 |title=Kampala-Mpigi Expressway project kicks off in 2018 |location=Kampala |first=Frederic | last=Musisi | newspaper=Daily Monitor}}</ref>
==Upcoming projects==
As of June 2015, UNRA listed the following major construction projects as upcoming:
* Kigumba–Masindi–Hoima–Kabwoya Road<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365:kigumba-masindi-hoima-bulima-kabwoya-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=44:upcoming-projects&Itemid=68 | title=Kigumba-Masindi-Hoima-Bulima-Kabwoya (Funded by AfDB/GOU) | last=UNRA | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=10 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210144745/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365:kigumba-masindi-hoima-bulima-kabwoya-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=44:upcoming-projects&Itemid=68 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=651047&CatID=3 | title=Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road for upgrade | newspaper=New Vision Mobile | date=2012 | first=Billy | last=Rwothungeyo | access-date=20 June 2014 | location=Kampala}}</ref> * Rukungiri–Kihihi–Ishasha–Kanungu Road<ref>{{cite web | access-date=1 July 2015 | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=351:rukungiri-kihihi-ishasha-kambugakihihi-kanungu-kambuga-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=44:upcoming-projects&Itemid=68 | title=Rukungiri-Kihihi-Ishasha-Kambuga/Kihihi-Kanungu-Kambuga (Funded by AfDB/GOU) | last=UNRA | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | archive-date=10 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210154657/https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=351:rukungiri-kihihi-ishasha-kambugakihihi-kanungu-kambuga-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=44:upcoming-projects&Itemid=68 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Patrick | access-date=28 June 2015 | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201406160314.html | date=15 June 2015 | title=Uganda: AfDB Gives Uganda U.S. $109 Million for Roads | last=Kagenda | newspaper=The Independent (Uganda) via AllAfrica.com}}</ref>
==Re-organization== As part of a re-organization and re-structuring effort, Allen Kagina, the executive director, fired all the remaining 866 company staff and re-advertised all staff positions.<ref>{{cite web | first=Ephraim | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UNRA-sacks-all-employees/-/688334/2890302/-/9g2nfu/-/index.html | title=UNRA sacks all employees | access-date=29 September 2015 | date=29 September 2015 | last=Kasozi | newspaper=Daily Monitor|location=Kampala}}</ref> The terminations were in addition to 80 managers fired in June 2015,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kagina-fires-80-UNRA-staff/-/688334/2761606/-/jq12s7z/-/index.html | first=Frederic | last=Musisi | title=Kagina fires 80 UNRA staff | date=23 June 2015 | access-date=29 September 2015 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}}</ref> and another 58 staff laid off in September 2015 when the procurement and weighbridge departments were outsourced.<ref>{{cite web | title=Kagina lays off 50 more UNRA staff | access-date=29 September 2015 | first=Patience | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kagina-lays-off-50-more-UNRA-staff/-/688334/2872190/-/rbh42cz/-/index.html | date=16 September 2015 | last=Ahimbisibwe | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | archive-date=18 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918223820/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kagina-lays-off-50-more-UNRA-staff/-/688334/2872190/-/rbh42cz/-/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | access-date=17 July 2015 | newspaper=New Vision | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/671037-mps-query-unra-top-managers-sacking.html | title=MPs query UNRA top managers' sacking | date=16 July 2015 | first=Joyce | last=Namutebi | location=Kampala}}</ref> In January 2016, media reports indicated that the total staff allocation for the organization had been increased to 1,740.<ref name="Query">{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/EU-queries-planned-UNRA-1-740-recruitment/-/688334/3053138/-/14yrskiz/-/index.html | title=EU queries planned UNRA 1,740 recruitment | first=Nelson | last=Wesonga | location=Kampala | date=29 January 2016 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
==Governance== In March 2017, new board of directors was named to serve for three years. The members of the current board are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Ex-minister-Omach-head-UNRA-board/688334-3850210-9no0cx/index.html | title=Ex-minister Omach to head UNRA board |date=15 March 2017 | newspaper=Daily Monitor |access-date=25 March 2019 | first=David |last=Mafabi |location=Kampala}}</ref>
# Fred Omach: Chairman # Allen Kagina: Executive Director # Sam Bagonza: Member # Umar Bagampadde: Member # Joseph Muvawala: Member # Laban Mbulamuko: Member # Petra Sansa Tenywa: Member.
==See also== *Uganda Road Fund *Transport in Uganda *List of roads in Uganda
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.unra.go.ug/ Uganda National Roads Authority Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703173744/https://www.unra.go.ug/ |date=2015-07-03 }} *[http://www.observer.ug/features-sp-2084439083/36525-is-the-huge-road-sector-budget-allocation-doing-wonders Is The Huge Road Sector Budget Allocation Doing Wonders?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806051427/http://observer.ug/features-sp-2084439083/36525-is-the-huge-road-sector-budget-allocation-doing-wonders |date=2015-08-06 }} *[http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30675:unra-construction-of-the-kampala--jinja-expressway&catid=82:announcements&Itemid=128 UNRA: Construction of the Kampala – Jinja Expressway] *[http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Regional-imbalance--The-story-of-road-construction-in-Uganda/-/688342/2325232/-/item/0/-/11nkafhz/-/index.html Regional Imbalance: The Story of Road Construction In Uganda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055130/http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Regional-imbalance--The-story-of-road-construction-in-Uganda/-/688342/2325232/-/item/0/-/11nkafhz/-/index.html |date=2016-03-04 }} *[http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/657096-unra-at-6-years.html UNRA At 6 Years - 1 July 2014]
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