Uganda Unveils Plan for New Border Point With Kenya to Ease Traffic

Besides easing congestion, the new border crossing is expected to reduce road accidents in Busia town and along the border by diverting heavy commercial trucks from the busy crossing.

Uganda is fast-tracking land acquisition for the proposed Mulwanda border road linking the country to Kenya, a project expected to provide an alternative route for heavy trucks and ease congestion at the busy Busia border crossing.

Uganda's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga, on Sunday, October 11, directed the Ministry of Works to speed up land acquisition to allow construction of the road and the opening of the border crossing.

The directive followed concerns raised by Uganda's Parliament Speaker, Jacob Oboth, who questioned the government's delay in opening the border, noting that Kenya had already tarmacked its section of the road.

According to Oboth, only about 12 kilometres of road on the Ugandan side, from Lumino to the border, remained unpaved.

Source: Kenyans.co.ke