By Hanning Mbabazi
Kabojja: Trafic flow between Nateete and Kabojja on Nakawuka Road came to a standstill on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Morning as hundreds of residents and travellers demonstrated against the poor state of the road.
Protesters from Nateete, Kabojja and Nalukolongo city suburbs lined up on the road carrying placards and tree branches.
We need good roads, stop corruption, roads must be repaired, the demonstrators chanted.
“Expectant mothers don’t have safe access to hospital, our children cannot access schools in town, and husbands are losing their manhood and sexual stamina after they ride on the road and all this problem is brought about by the bad condition” Nabata Aisha a resident said.
These wanted to plant trees and crops on the road but were blocked by Natete police as they ran off chanting “Justice, Justice”, “We want tarmac road and if the processes are delaying, we want to see some road maintenance so that we can continue using the road as we wait for tarmac, and if not then the road shall not be opened because it is too bad” Demonstrators vowed.
Ivan Kakembo said, “this place should be isolated or worked upon. The road is arguably the busiest of all Kampala suburb roads but the worrying conditions on it are always given a deaf ear. To be true to ourselves, the road has outlived its usefulness because no weather conditions are favourable along with it. It’s just a social nuisance that the concerned authorities seem to be less pensive about”.
Paul Mukasa a resident said that residents are angry because, their leaders have neglected their tears, and worse got tired of listening to President Yoweri Museveni’s speeches several times about Nateete-Nakawuka Road being tarmacked.
“I have listened to President Yoweri Museveni’s speeches several times about Nateete-Nakawuka Road being tarmacked. The last time the President mentioned the road was at heroes day in Kasanje. If this finally comes true, the NRM is assured of my vote,” Mukasa said.
It should be remembered that President Yoweri Museveni on June 9, 2019 while speaking at the Heroes’ Day celebrations in Kasanje, Wakiso district promised that government is going to tarmack the Mpigi-Kasanje-Nakawuka-Kasubi road, however he didn’t reveal when tarmacking shall start
Museveni said that construction of the road would ease connection to Entebbe. He explained that the road is historical since he used it several times during the liberation struggle.
Museveni narrated how he first used the road in 1979 while coming from Masaka where they had their biggest military camp with the Tanzanian army. The Tanzanian army was key in the overthrow of former president General Idi Amin Dada was overthrown
