They accuse their leaders of failing to take sufficient action to rehabilitate the roads, many of which have not seen any maintenance in over twenty years, rendering them nearly impassable.
According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the International Trade Center (ITC) of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, Uganda imported 322,225MT, 352,535MT, and 381,320 MT of vegetable oil worth US$248Million, $210 Million and $290 Million respectively.
Leaders are worried that the roads haven’t been worked on as planned yet the communities are heavily relying on crop production to generate household incomes.
Most roads in the district have become impassable with various potholes hence frustrating movement. Transportation of agricultural produce to market centers has equally become difficult.
In 2016, the government received funding from the World Bank to upgrade 30.4km of roads to first-class Murram in Buliisa. The roads include the 10.7km Ngwedu-Ndandamire -Bikongoro, 10.8Km Buliisa-Bugana and 8.9Km Biiso-Nyeyeremya-Waaki all in Kigwera and Biiso sub-counties respectively.
Kyagulanyi who was addressing his campaign rally at Kagadi Model Primary school in Kagadi town this afternoon says Bunyoro has abundant resources citing the lake Albert, National park, Fertile soils and the natural forest that he says if well utilized can cause tremendous developments in the region but for the last 35 years the NRM government under the leadership of President Museveni has abandoned the region.
